North America set to see the solar horns…
On Thursday, June 10, 2021 a “ring” solar eclipse will be visible from just north of Lake Superior in Canada at sunrise, ceasing as a ‘ring of fire’ sunset in Siberia, Russia.
Those in the northeast U.S. will miss out on seeing a “ring of fire” on June 10… but maybe arguably even better, early-risers will be treated to the horned sunrise.
For those in New York, New Jersey, New England and southeastern (and maritime) Canada the Sun will rise deeply eclipsed. Going northwest even more of the Sun will be covered.
People in New Jersey, New York, and parts of PA, are primed to see something even stranger—“red devil horns” as two limbs of the Sun poke above the horizon. As the Sun appears on the east-northeast horizon at 5:24 a.m. EDT (58º from north, to be precise) it will be 73% eclipsed, but it will also appear “cusps up,” with the two extremes of a “smiley face” crescent Sun peeking above the eastern horizon.
They’re known as the “devil’s horns” or “solar horns.”
Here are the relevant times of when you MAY be able to see the horns if the weather cooperates in the morning hours.
Here are some examples for the largest cities in each U.S. state in the path from TimeAndDate.com:
- Connecticut – Bridgeport: a 73% eclipse, sunrise at 5:19 a.m. EDT
- Illinois – Chicago: a 23% eclipse, sunrise at 5:15 a.m. CDT
- Indiana – Indianapolis: a 15% eclipse, sunrise at 6:16 a.m. EDT
- Kentucky – Louisville: a 8% eclipse, sunrise at 6:19 a.m. EDT
- Maine – Portland: a 74% eclipse, sunrise at 4:59 a.m. EDT
- Maryland – Baltimore: a 56% eclipse, sunrise at 5:39 a.m. EDT
- Massachusetts – Boston: a 73% eclipse, sunrise at 5:07 a.m. EDT
- Michigan – Detroit: a 54% eclipse, sunrise at 5:55 a.m. EDT
- Minnesota – Minneapolis: a 16% eclipse, sunrise at 05:26 a.m CDT
- New Hampshire – Manchester: a 73% eclipse, sunrise at 5:15 EDT
- New Jersey – Newark: a 72% eclipse, sunrise at 5:25 a.m. EDT
- New York – New York City: a 72% eclipse, sunrise at 5:32 a.m. EDT
- North Carolina – Charlotte: a 13% eclipse, sunrise at 6:08 a.m. EDT
- North Dakota – Fargo: 15% eclipse, sunrise at 5:32 a.m. CDT
- Ohio – Columbus: a 34% eclipse, sunrise at 6:02 a.m. EDT
- Pennsylvania – Philadelphia: a 71% eclipse, sunrise at 5:31 a.m. EDT
- Rhode Island – Providence: a 72% eclipse, sunrise at 5:10 a.m. EDT
- South Carolina – Charleston: a 5% eclipse, sunrise at 6:11 a.m. EDT
- Vermont – Burlington: a 72% eclipse, sunrise at 5:38 a.m. EDT
- Virginia – Virginia Beach: a 47% eclipse, sunrise at 5:44 a.m. EDT
- Washington D.C. – a 55% eclipse, sunrise at 5:42 a.m. EDT
- West Virginia – Charleston: a 29% eclipse, sunrise at 6:02 EDT
- Wisconsin – Milwaukee: a 31% eclipse, sunrise at 5:12 a.m. CDT
