Monday, July 24, 2017

Solar Eclipse

The Great American Solar Eclipse...
 ...is to occur on Monday, August 21, 2017, four weeks from today.

A total solar eclipse will cross the continental United States this summer, an event that hasn't happened in roughly a century.

Everyone will experience on August 21 at least 60 percent of the sun being covered and the resulting semidarkness. Those within about a 60-mile wide diagonal line from the Pacific Northwest through South Carolina will see the sky go dark and feel the temperature drop.

In some areas of the country, the darkness will last more than two minutes and 30 seconds.

In addition, the Great American Eclipse will also fall on the same date of the month of ELUL on the Hebrew calendar. Every year, Elul ushers in a time of deep repentance, leading up to Yom Kippur the next month.

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