COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County will get to see a near total eclipse of the sun on the afternoon of Monday, April 8.
Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Director Paul Jakubczak says in his report for Wednesday’s B.P.U. Board of Directors meeting that City and CBPU staff will be participating in a safe viewing experience during the afternoon of the eclipse at Kiwanis Hill in Heritage Park.
Coldwater is not in the direct path but the city will see a maximum solar eclipse of 97.6 percent at 3:11 p.m. on that afternoon.
There will be more coverage of the sun by the moon the further south you go. Kinderhook will get a 98.4 percent eclipse while Angola, Indiana will get a 98.8 percent eclipse.
A 100 percent total eclipse can be viewed as close to Coldwater as Woodburn, Indiana and Defiance, Ohio.
Right now, the forecast for Coldwater on April 8 is promising. On Sunday, the ten day extended forecast from the Weather Channel was calling for partly sunny skies at the time of the eclipse.
According to NASA, the next visible total solar eclipse to cross the United States will not happen until August 23, 2044.
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