--- description: A total solar eclipse is crossing the US on Aug. 21, 2017. Here's when it will be in peak view over Seattle title: When to Watch the Solar Eclipse in Seattle image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Eclipse](/tag/eclipse/) ## Eclipse Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # When to Watch the Solar Eclipse in Seattle on August 21, 2017 by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) and [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/) Aug 21, 2017 4:10 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) and [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/) Aug 21, 2017 4:10 PM CUT A [total solar eclipse](http://new.time.com/4843775/total-solar-eclipse-2017-facts/ "undefined") crossing the U.S. sky on Aug. 21, 2017 will be in peak view over Seattle, Washington at 10:20 a.m. PDT. Viewers in Seattle can expect a partial view of the eclipse. Type in Seattle or your exact zip code in the interactive below to see what to expect as the [solar eclipse](http://new.time.com/4908847/eclipse-2017-hostess-moon-pie-beef/ "undefined") passes. Watch [TIME’s livestream of the total eclipse](http://new.time.com/4900148/total-solar-eclipse-time-livestream/ "undefined") beginning at 12 p.m. ET on Monday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4909115/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-seattle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4909115/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-seattle/"},"headline":"When to Watch the Solar Eclipse in Seattle on August 21, 2017","datePublished":"2017-08-21T16:10:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:27:18.318Z","description":"A total solar eclipse is crossing the US on Aug. 21, 2017. Here's when it will be in peak view over Seattle","url":"https://time.com/4909115/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-seattle/","keywords":["Eclipse","onetime","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"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/4909115/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-seattle/","name":"When to Watch the Solar Eclipse in Seattle on August 21, 2017"}}]}] ```