See Sacramento area residents gather to experience solar eclipse
Paul Kitagaki Jr.
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Residents from the Sacramento region gathered at the Museum of Science and Curiosity, also known as MOSAC, in Sacramento to take a look at the solar eclipse.
Viewed from Sacramento, the maximum coverage of the sun by the moon was 34%, far short of the totality experienced in eastern parts of the United States. But the Sacramento sky was clear, unlike some locations along the path of the full eclipse.
The peak moment occurred at 11:15 a.m.
Photos of solar eclipse watchers
Beatrice Hagg of West Sacramento looks at the solar eclipse at the Museum of Science and Curiosity in Sacramento on Monday, April 8, 2024, with a viewer she made for the 2017 eclipse. She is wearing science-inspired clothing and said she has been interested in astronomy since she was a child. Paul Kitagaki Jr./pkitagaki@sacbee.com
David and Colleen McManus of Elk Grove wear solar eclipse glasses to view the eclipse at the Museum of Science and Curiosity in Sacramento on Monday, April 8, 2024. Paul Kitagaki Jr./pkitagaki@sacbee.com
The solar eclipse hits its maximum coverage as viewed from Sacramento at the Museum of Science and Curiosity on Monday, April 8, 2024. Paul Kitagaki Jr./pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Beatrice Hagg of West Sacramento looks at the solar eclipse at the Museum of Science and Curiosity in Sacramento on Monday, April 8, 2024, with a viewer she made for the 2017 eclipse. She is wearing science-inspired clothing and said she has been interested in astronomy since she was a child. Paul Kitagaki Jr./pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Wally Harrell, 3, looks at the crescent-shaped shadow of the solar eclipse as his mother Caroline holds a colander at Museum of Science and Curiosity in Sacramento on Monday, April 8, 2024. Paul Kitagaki Jr./pkitagaki@sacbee.com
The sun’s rays shine during the solar eclipse at the Museum of Science and Curiosity in Sacramento on Monday, April 8, 2024. Paul Kitagaki Jr./pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Before-and-after photographs taken along the path of the total solar eclipse in North America reveal the stunning, awe-inducing nature of the celestial phenomenon.
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