Just two week's ago, the Moon passed through the Earth's shadow creating a total lunar eclipse visible across North and South America. Now it's the Moon's turn to get between the Earth and Sun.
Eclipses always come in pairs: A solar eclipse happens about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.
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A partial solar eclipse will be visible from Canada to the North Carolina, Virginia border. Only a very small portion of North Carolina — less than five miles of Carova Beach,
Carova is the fist North Carolina town to see sunrise this time of year, and the only to see the very end of this partial solar eclipse. Just 0.5% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon at sunrise Saturday morning.
More of the eclipse will be visible from more northern and eatern locations where sunrise is earlier this time of year.
Washington D.C. will similarly see just 1% of the Sun obscured at sunrise, Philadelphia 12%, New York 22%, Boston 43%, and Portland, Maine 63%. The best views will be from St. John’s, Canada and Nuut, Greenland and about 83% of the Sun covered.
The next partial solar eclipse visible from Raleigh will be the morning of Jan 26, 2028 with a disapointing 5% coverage. June 14, 2029 brings another partial solar eclipse with a more impressive 39% of the Sun covered.
The next solar eclipse path to pass through Raleigh will be total on May 11, 2078.