The Yankees canceled on-field batting practice Monday during the solar eclipse at Yankee Stadium.
Monday’s game against the Marlins was postponed from Thursday’s original 2:05 p.m. start time to 6:05 p.m. due to the solar eclipse.
Everything you need to know about the 2024 solar eclipse
- The solar eclipse will occur on Monday, April 8th, blocking the sun from more than 180 million people in its path.
- The eclipse will spread from the Pacific coast of Mexico across North America, hitting 15 U.S. states and reaching the shores of Newfoundland, Canada.
- New Yorkers will experience a solar eclipse Monday just after 2 p.m.
- Experts say a massive solar explosion known as a coronal mass ejection is expected. Ryan French of the National Solar Observatory in Boulder, Colorado, explains that this happens when huge particles from the sun are sent flying into space.
- To avoid serious damage to the eyes, during the pre- and post-total partial eclipse stages, the phenomenon must be viewed through appropriate glasses, such as eclipse glasses or hand-held solar observing devices.
- The next total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2026, and will be visible to people in Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia, and parts of Portugal.
In New York City, the total solar eclipse was scheduled to begin at 2:10 p.m., with about 90 percent scheduled to begin at 3:25 p.m.
The partial solar eclipse will still be visible at 4 p.m., and will be completely clear by 4:36 p.m.
