---
slug: solar-eclipse
title: "Solar Eclipse: Old Man Shakes Fist at Moon"
date: "2024-04-08T22:35:08-04:00"
pics:
  dashboard:
    css: "image"
    tip: "Solar dashboard with eclipse time highlighted."
    sources:
      - "/files/posts/solar-eclipse/eclipse-ate-our-solar-20240408.webp"
      - src: "/files/posts/solar-eclipse/eclipse-ate-our-solar-20240408.png"
        width: 845
        height: 624
---

Today's solar eclipse took a healthy bite out of the energy generated by
our solar panels this afternoon.  According to the [solar eclipse page
on timeanddate.com][timeanddate-eclipse], the moon obscuring the sun
from 2:04 pm until 4:32 pm Eastern.

Those times line up perfectly with the dip shown on our dashboard:

[{{< pe-figure "dashboard" >}}][dashboard]
&nbsp;

Unfortunately we couldn't find our solar eclipse glasses, so we had to
fall back to [ye olde pinhole method][pinhole].

[timeanddate-eclipse]: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/washington-dc?iso=20240408
  "Solar eclipse details on timeanddate.com"
[dashboard]: /files/posts/solar-eclipse/eclipse-ate-our-solar-20240408.png
  "Solar dashboard with eclipse time highlighted."
[pinhole]: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/make-pinhole-projector.html
  "Solar eclipse pinhole projector."