--- description: A total solar eclipse is crossing the US on Aug. 21, 2017. Here's when it will be in peak view over San Francisco title: When to Watch the Solar Eclipse in San Francisco image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35c879d183ee6a14/6988da4922fb8531f3e2275d/eclipse-religious-experience.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [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 San Francisco on August 21, 2017 by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) and [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/) Aug 21, 2017 5:05 PM CUT  Totality is seen during the solar eclipse on Nov. 14, 2012 in Palm Cove, Australia. Totality is seen during the solar eclipse on Nov. 14, 2012 in Palm Cove, Australia.Ian Hitchcock—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) and [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/) Aug 21, 2017 5:05 PM CUT A [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4900288/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality/ "undefined") crossing the U.S. sky on Aug. 21, 2017 will be in peak view over San Francisco, California at 10:14 a.m. PDT. Viewers in San Francisco can expect a partial view of the solar eclipse. Type in San Francisco or your exact zip code in the interactive below to see what to expect as the [solar eclipse passes](http://time.com/4908100/total-solar-eclipse-fly-plane-watch/ "undefined"). 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/4909252/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-san-francisco/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4909252/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-san-francisco/"},"headline":"When to Watch the Solar Eclipse in San Francisco on August 21, 2017","datePublished":"2017-08-21T17:05:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:27:28.821Z","description":"Here's what you can expect to see","url":"https://time.com/4909252/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-san-francisco/","keywords":["Eclipse","onetime","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35c879d183ee6a14/6988da4922fb8531f3e2275d/eclipse-religious-experience.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","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":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35c879d183ee6a14/6988da4922fb8531f3e2275d/eclipse-religious-experience.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"eclipse-religious-experience","caption":"Totality is seen during the solar eclipse on Nov. 14, 2012 in Palm Cove, Australia.","creditText":"Ian Hitchcock—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4909252/what-time-is-the-solar-eclipse-san-francisco/","name":"When to Watch the Solar Eclipse in San Francisco on August 21, 2017"}}]}] ```