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Raleigh At 560 miles as the widest state east of the Mississippi River, viewing of the solar eclipse Monday afternoon in North Carolina was varied.
It was, nonetheless, the talk of the town in places from Murphy to Manteo.
The state had 80-84 percent totality, pending whereabouts an individual may be looking. The starting time was 1:51 p.m., the peak about 3:15 p.m. and the eclipse was over for the state by 4:30 p.m.
The area of totality was expected in 15 states between the Pacific beaches of Mexico and the Atlantic shores of Canada. The last one in North Carolina was in 2017, which was focused on the Andrews Valley, though shorter than areas Monday getting the peak of 4 minutes, 28 seconds.