Eclipse Information
Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024.
The Palmdale Planetarium will hold an open-to-the-public view event at SAGE Magnet Academy.
In the Los Angeles area, this eclipse will begin at:
10:06 a.m., PDT
The peak will be at:
11:12 a.m., PDT (the Moon covers 57% of the sun’s diameter and 49% of its area).
The eclipse will end at:
12:21 p.m., PDT
All students are reminded to keep their protective shades with them from 10 A.M. through 12:30 P.M. on April 8th, 2024.
Protective shades - Safety and how to use them
Watch the eclipse indirectly and in shadows
NASA explains eclipse misconceptions
Humans have watched eclipses since before the dawn of written history, and during this long span of time our scientific understanding of the physical world has grown enormously. As a consequence, many of the older ideas we had about the causes and effects of total solar eclipses have been replaced by detailed physical explanations. Nevertheless, some older ideas seem remarkably resistant to replacement by the more scientifically-correct explanations.