Rarely can Hong Kong people look up to the skies and be treated with an awe-inspiring sight rather than an eyeful of air-con water or the underbelly of a chemtrail-emitting jumbo jet. But, weather willing, a partial solar eclipse will be visible on March 9.
The astronomical phenomenon will begin at 8:05am and end at 9:57am Hong Kong Time, with the maximum eclipse scheduled to happen around 8:58am. If you recall your sixth grade science class, the moon will be casting a shadow on Earth while its disk obscures the sun’s rays.
Although it’s not as cool as a total solar eclipse, we will get to see 33.1 percent of the sun’s diameter covered by the moon at the peak of the eclipse. During the eclipse, the elevation of the Sun will be rather high, making places with an unhindered view of the east-south-east suitable for catching the spectacle.
Unless your eyes aren’t dear to you, please never look directly at the sun with your naked eye or through a telescope. Instead, the government encourages you to project the sun’s image onto a white piece of paper using a pinhole or a telescope (more details here).
We suppose you could also watch the event via a live webcast, but we think being late to work to see the spectacle in real life is worth it, since you’d have to wait three whole years for the next one on Dec. 26, 2019.
For more information regarding the eclipse, click here.
