03-01-2016, 05:50 PM
Hello Opihikao, nice to see you back! I hope you and family are well.
Yes, there's a partial solar eclipse on March 8th (from the perspective of Hawaii that is, other places will see a total eclipse).
For Hawaii it will start around 4:27pm and ends at 6:32pm with the maximum occurring at 5:37pm. At maximum, about half the sun will be eclipsed by the moon.
Please remember not to look at the sun directly without some filtering device (sunglasses don't count!). Even during an eclipse you can do serious damage to your eyes by looking at the sun. If you don't have something to protect your eyes but have a pair of binoculars, then you can point the binoculars at the sun (please don't look through the binoculars directly while doing this, you will do serious damage to your eyes) and hold a piece of paper a foot or so behind the binoculars. You should get a projected image of the eclipsed sun without blinding yourself!
Yes, there's a partial solar eclipse on March 8th (from the perspective of Hawaii that is, other places will see a total eclipse).
For Hawaii it will start around 4:27pm and ends at 6:32pm with the maximum occurring at 5:37pm. At maximum, about half the sun will be eclipsed by the moon.
Please remember not to look at the sun directly without some filtering device (sunglasses don't count!). Even during an eclipse you can do serious damage to your eyes by looking at the sun. If you don't have something to protect your eyes but have a pair of binoculars, then you can point the binoculars at the sun (please don't look through the binoculars directly while doing this, you will do serious damage to your eyes) and hold a piece of paper a foot or so behind the binoculars. You should get a projected image of the eclipsed sun without blinding yourself!