Times for Partial Solar Eclipse in Sebastian, Vero Beach

August 21, 2017 Andy Hodges Sebastian, Florida Community News
Sebastian and Vero Beach will experience a partial solar eclipse in the afternoon.
Sebastian and Vero Beach will experience a partial solar eclipse in the afternoon.

SEBASTIAN – According to officials with the Indian River County Emergency Services, the actual time of the Partial Solar Eclipse in Sebastian and Vero Beach will begin at 1:23 p.m. and will conclude at 4:17 p.m.

The duration of today’s event in Sebastian and Vero Beach will be 2 hours and 55 minutes.

Be sure to protect your eyes. Never look directly at the Sun without proper eye protection. You can seriously hurt your eyes and even go blind.

A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon completely covers the Sun.

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Today’s partial solar eclipse will be visible along a 70-mile wide path from Oregon to South Carolina.

Locally here in Sebastian and Vero Beach, we will see a partial solar eclipse.

A partial solar eclipse happens when the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth, but the Moon only partially covers the Sun.

The next total solar eclipse will be in 2024.

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Andy Hodges was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and raised in Jupiter, Florida. He has been a radio and TV personality since the mid-1980s. He has worked for WFLX-TV (Fox 29), WIRK, WLIZ, WIXI, WKSY, WRMF, and others. In 1994, Andy took a break from broadcasting and was a software and systems engineer for various companies. In 2002, he permanently moved back to Sebastian, where Andy's family has lived for over 45 years. He returned to the broadcasting sector in 2005. Andy joined Sebastian Daily as our editor-in-chief in 2016.