--- --- # When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in Greenville, South Carolina by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/) and [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) Aug 20, 2017 12:00 PM UTC by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/) and [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) Aug 20, 2017 12:00 PM UTC The [total solar eclipse ](http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/)will be in peak view in Greenville, South Carolina at 2:38 p.m. EDT on Aug. 21, 2017\. Skygazers can expect to see a [total view of the solar eclipse](http://time.com/4834676/total-solar-eclipse-2017-rare/). Check out the interactive below to see when the [eclipse](http://time.com/4829265/total-solar-eclipse-beauty-science/) reaches its peak, or type in your exact zip code to see what the eclipse will look like from your location. Greenville, SC: Total Solar Eclipse Peak Time August 2017 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4902191/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-greenville-south-carolina/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4902191/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-greenville-south-carolina/"},"headline":"When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in Greenville, South Carolina","datePublished":"2017-08-20T12:00:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:26:57.466Z","description":"Here's what you can expect to see","url":"https://time.com/4902191/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-greenville-south-carolina/","keywords":["Eclipse","onetime","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/eclipse/","name":"Eclipse"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4902191/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-greenville-south-carolina/","name":"When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in Greenville, South Carolina"}}]}] ```