21 August 2017 Partial Eclipse of the Sun

Brigham Young University

Dept. of Physics & Astronomy

On 21 August 2017, there was a partial eclipse of the sun visible in Provo, Utah.

The timing of the eclipse for this location:

First contact of the moon with the sun: 16:14:06.7 UTC, 10:14:06.7 MDT
Maximum eclipse (89.41% obscured): 17:34:14.8 UTC, 11:34:14.8 MDT
Last contact of the moon with the sun: 19:00:17.5 UTC, 13:00:17.5 MDT

The minimum irradiance as measured on the roof of the Eyring Science Center occurred at about 11:33:30 MDT.

The conditions at BYU around this time. We have included the temperature, relative humidity, and solar irradiance. The individual points on the graphs are one minute apart.

Weather data graph

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