A “ring of fire” solar eclipse will be visible from Bucks County Thursday morning.
The partial eclipse will happen when the Earth, sun, and moon align.
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TimeandDate.com estimates the Levittown area will see about 72 percent of the sun covered just after sunrise at 5:32 a.m. The partial eclipse will cease to be visible around 6:30 a.m.
“A solar eclipse happens when the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on Earth, fully or partially blocking the Sun’s light in some areas. During an annular eclipse, the Moon is far enough away from Earth that the Moon appears smaller than the Sun in the sky. Since the Moon does not block the entire view of the Sun, it will look like a dark disk on top of a larger, bright disk. This creates what looks like a ring of fire around the Moon,” NASA said in a statement.
There will be a chance for some cloudiness Thursday morning and showers throughout the day, but there’s high likelihood the partial eclipse will be visible.
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NASA officials said people should not stare directly at the sun without solar viewing or eclipse glasses. They suggested using a pinhole viewer. In 2017, LevittownNow.com reporter Erich Martin provided instructions on how to create a pinhole viewer.
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