The horizon is at 0°, and straight up is 90°. The Sun’s location in the sky at that time won’t change enough in one day for you to notice the difference.)Īltitude is given in degrees. (You can also go outside to your planned viewing location on the day before the eclipse at eclipse time and check it out yourself. This will let you know where the Sun will be in the sky during mid-eclipse, so you can check to make sure that trees, buildings or mountains won’t be in your way. (Measured as a percentage of the Sun's diameter, not area!)Īltitude and azimuth of the Sun at the time of mid-eclipse The amount of the Sun's disk that is covered at the time of mid-eclipse. Also given in UT and you can convert it if you like. This is when the maximum amount of the Sun's disk is covered.

Who will be the first to see that bite and shout “ First Contact!”? If you imagine the Sun’s disk as a clock face, this is the hour hand value of where to look on that “clock” to see that very first little bite that the Moon is taking! (Remember, you must use eclipse glasses to look at the Sun at this time!)

We’ve called this value “V”, because that’s what astronomers call it. Where to look for that first “bite” of partial eclipse ('V') You can convert the entire table by clicking on the time zone you want to see it shown in! Times can shift by several seconds as you get several miles/km away from the location shown.Īll times are given in local time or Universal time (also known as GMT or Zulu time). The times in the table have been calculated based on this exact location. Location identifier and latitude/longitude In this table, we’ve listed the following information:

Wisconsin time zone gmt