The outlook is partly cloudy for today’s solar eclipse.
The annular eclipse it begins at 6:23 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time and hits its maximum at 7:30 p.m., just 20 minutes before sunset.
Annular eclipses aren’t as spectacular as total eclipses. The moon will cover about 80 percent of the sun, but there will be a ring of sun left. In a total eclipse, viewers see the classic shooting flames around the dark circle, and it seems like it is dusk or later. Sorry — no total eclipse in the U.S. until 2017, and no total eclipse in Colorado until 2045.
CU is hosting a big eclipse party at Folsom Field starting at 5 p.m. and hopes to draw 15,000 people to see a sunset eclipse just over the Flatirons.
There also is a solar-eclipse party at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science starting at 6 p.m. and at Denver University’s Chamberlin Observatory in Observatory Park, also at 6 p.m.
Remember: Don’t look directly at the eclipse. You’ll need special eclipse glasses, which will be available at the various viewing parties. The Denver Post
