{"id":263907,"date":"2026-08-12T12:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/263907\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T12:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T12:32:12","slug":"partial-solar-eclipse-in-philadelphia-today-time-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/263907\/","title":{"rendered":"Partial solar eclipse in Philadelphia today: Time and how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Solar-eclipse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-653d32e2=\"\">FILE-Red prominences coming off the sun are seen during a total solar eclipse from the Lowell Observatory Solar Eclipse Experience on August 21, 2017 in Madras, Oregon. (Photo by STAN HONDA\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; A total solar eclipse will cross parts of the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, and people in Philadelphia could see a partial eclipse in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>   What time is the eclipse in Philadelphia? <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The partial eclipse in Philadelphia is expected to begin at 1:11 p.m., peak at 1:53 p.m. and end at 2:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">At its peak, the moon will cover about 15% of the sun as seen from Philadelphia. The total eclipse will not be visible from the region.<\/p>\n<p> Where will the total eclipse be visible? <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NASA says totality will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain and a small corner of Portugal.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A partial eclipse will also be visible across parts of the United States, including Pennsylvania, as well as much of Canada, Europe and northwestern Africa.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-840996604.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Solar Eclipse: View of total eclipse. Sequence. View of halo in totality. Perryville, MO 8\/21\/2017 CREDIT: David E. Klutho (Photo by David E. Klutho \/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images) (Set Number: X161337 TK1 ) <\/p>\n<p>  How to watch live <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NASA\u2019s eclipse broadcast begins at 1:15 p.m. Eastern and will include views from the path of totality and interviews with experts.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">WATCH LIVE: <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NASA\u2019s eclipse coverage<\/a> or on FOX LOCAL.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NASA says totality begins in Iceland at 1:45 p.m. Eastern and in Spain at 2:28 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n<p> How to watch safely <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A partial eclipse is never safe to view without proper eye protection.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Use eclipse glasses that meet the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard or an appropriate handheld solar viewer. Regular sunglasses are not safe for looking at the sun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from NASA and Time and Date.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article FILE-Red prominences coming off the sun are seen during a total solar eclipse from the Lowell Observatory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[30949,139,539,69,71,70,593],"class_list":["post-263907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-nasa","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}