{"id":264729,"date":"2026-08-13T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264729\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T18:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:20:10","slug":"celestial-shows-skies-to-feature-partial-solar-eclipse-meteor-showers-lehigh-valley-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264729\/","title":{"rendered":"Celestial shows: Skies to feature partial solar eclipse, meteor showers | Lehigh Valley Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grab a date, grab a friend or just grab a snack, because two space events are taking place, that you might want to catch.<\/p>\n<p>Between 1:30 and 2 p.m. Wednesday, you should be able to catch a solar eclipse in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>While it will only be a partial solar eclipse, you should be able to see the moon take a bite out of the sun.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/ap\/looking-to-see-the-solar-eclipse-from-north-america-heres-where-and-when-to-catch\/article_4f9c18d0-7ad4-5a1a-8ea1-f69eb691e1a5.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Looking to see the solar eclipse from North America? Here&#039;s where and when to catch a sliver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            Looking to see the solar eclipse from North America? Here&#8217;s where and when to catch a sliver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But as always, during an eclipse, do not look up at the sun directly without proper eye protection.<\/p>\n<p>A total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain, and the Atlantic Ocean. A partial solar eclipse will be visible in most of Europe and parts of North America.<\/p>\n<p>Totality will begin in Iceland at 1:45 p.m. EDT (1745 UTC) and in Spain at 2:28 p.m. EDT (1828 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>But if you&#8217;re more of a night owl, you can wish upon a star as shooting stars, also known as the Perseid Meteor Shower, will be visible beginning at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s easy to catch because at its peak, you could see up to 50 to 100 shooting stars every hour.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/ap\/ap-national\/how-to-spot-the-perseid-meteor-shower-a-summer-light-show-that-promises-to-dazzle\/article_e261700d-f056-50c2-bf8b-da3c9cb1b6f9.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>            How to spot the Perseid meteor shower, a summer light show that promises to dazzle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grab a date, grab a friend or just grab a snack, because two space events are taking place,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,279,805,28,7445,7446,835],"class_list":["post-264729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-berks","tag-lehighvalley","tag-pennsylvania","tag-poconos-coal","tag-southeastern-pa","tag-western-newjersey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264729","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=264729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}