CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Sorry, North America. After winning the cosmic lottery with a pair of coast-to-coast total solar eclipses, it’s now Europe’s turn. But look up to the sky on Wednesday anyway, and if you’re far enough north in the U.S. and Canada, you might get a taste of a partial eclipse as the moon nibbles on the sun. Totality will begin near the North Pole, then head south across Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a portion of Portugal. The daytime darkness won’t last more than a couple of minutes at best (paltry compared to the epic 2024 eclipse in North America), but it is continental Europe’s first encounter with totality since 1999. Spain has a much longer chance of achieving totality next August, along with North Africa and the Middle East. For the United States, the Great American Eclipse of 2017 started disappearing sun mania with more than two minutes of totality from Oregon to South Carolina. The total amount nearly doubled in 2024, running diagonally from the Pacific coast of Mexico to just past Newfoundland. The next coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in the United States won’t be until 2045. So, if you can, see a partial one now, but don’t forget to protect your eyes with certified eclipse glasses. Here’s a list of some U.S. and Canadian cities in position to see a partial solar eclipse on Wednesday if skies are clear, in alphabetical order, with local times and the amount of solar coverage provided by NASA: —Anchorage, Alaska, with 28% coverage. It begins at 7:36 am and ends at 9:09 am, peaking at 8:21 am—Bangor, Maine, with 24% coverage. Starts at 12:54 pm and ends at 2:49 pm, peaking at 1:53 pm: Detroit at 3% coverage. It starts at 13:03 and ends at 14:08, peaking at 13:36: Montreal, Quebec, with 18% coverage. It begins at 12:50 pm and ends at 2:38 pm, peaking at 1:45 pm: New York City has 9% coverage. Starts at 1:07 PM and ends at 2:38 PM, peaking at 1:54 PM: Philadelphia at 7% coverage. It begins at 1:11 p.m. and ends at 2:35 p.m., peaking at 1:53 p.m. —St. Johns, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 53% coverage. Starts at 2:28 pm and ends at 4:37 pm, peaking at 3:35 pm: Toronto, Ontario, with 8% coverage. It begins at 12:55 pm and ends at 2:23 pm, peaking at 1:40 pm: Washington, DC, with 4% coverage. Starts at 1:17 PM and ends at 2:27 PM, peaking at 1:53 PM: Winnipeg, Manitoba, with 5% coverage. It begins at 11:25 am and ends at 12:40 pm, peaking at 12:02 pm___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.
