A total solar eclipse will darken much of the United States on Monday, August 21. However, for San Francisco and the rest of the Bay Area, we won’t experience the full sun-blocking effects of the celestial event in the sky. Instead, we’ll witness a partial eclipse, with the moon covering roughly 70 percent of the sun. Here, find out what we’ll see in the city, where to view it, and more information.
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Solar eclipse 2017 in San Francisco: What to expect
While the Bay Area won’t experience a total eclipse, we’ll still have a remarkable experience
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August 21, 2017
San Francisco: When is the next total solar eclipse?
When will the Bay Area get the chance to do it all over again? Not for several decades.
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August 21, 2017
Solar eclipse 2017: Photos from around the Bay Area
Even a thick layer of fog failed to dampen Bay Area denizens’ interest in Monday morning’s solar eclipse. It was the first total eclipse of the sun visible in the United States in 99 years.
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August 21, 2017
Solar eclipse: 9 best places to view it in the East Bay (updated)
And starting at 10:15 a.m. on August 21, the Bay Area will be able to catch the solar eclipse for roughly two minutes. This sighting is rare, and you won’t want to miss it.
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August 21, 2017
Here’s what the 2017 solar eclipse will be like in SF
On Monday, August 21, the nation will see a rare astronomical event: a total eclipse of the sun, caused when the moon moves directly between the sun and the earth.
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August 21, 2017
What will San Francisco weather be like for the solar eclipse?
As expected, the weather in San Francisco will reportedly be foggy on the morning on the solar eclipse. Drats.
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August 18, 2017
Solar eclipse 2017: What will the East Bay’s weather be like?
The sun rises—and disappears—in the east, where Monday’s view of the cosmic happening will be much more vivid.
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August 18, 2017
Solar eclipse 2017: Where to find eclipse glasses in the Bay Area
Are these your prescription? There are only a few ways to safely look at Monday’s total solar eclipse, but for last, last, last-minute seekers, options are getting more limited by the second.
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August 17, 2017
10 places to view the solar eclipse in San Francisco
On August 21 a total solar eclipse will pass through the United States for the first time in nearly 40 years, according to NASA. And here are the best spots in SF to catch it.