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Old Feb 19, 2008 | 4:40 pm
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Bobster
 
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Originally Posted by daveinsf
Flight leaves SFO at 16:15. Sounds like one needs to be east of the Rockies to get the totality. So absent any delays I'm hoping we may make it.
The total eclipse starts at 7:01 pm PST and lasts 50 minutes. You don't have to be east of the Rockies. Moving east will make the eclipse higher in the sky. You still get totality on the west coast.

I suggest keeping your watch set to PST. It will happen at 7:01 pm PST regardless of what time zone you are actually in.

edit: I deleted an incorrect statement. The sun sets at 5:54 pm in San Francisco. Therefore the sky will be dark when the total eclipse starts.
Last edited by Bobster; Feb 19, 2008 at 5:07 pm
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