PORTLAND, OR -- Astronomers are gearing up for another North American solar eclipse on April 8th. But how much you’ll see depends on where you are in Oregon. 

Jim Todd, OMSI’s Director of Space Science Education, says totality will miss us by a wide margin, "The dark section, called the umbra, is going to move from Mexico into Texas, the Midwest, up to New England. And they’re going to get the totality." OMSI and the rest of the state will see a partial eclipse, "At the angle that we’re at, we’ll get about 23%. But if you start moving eastward, toward the Idaho border or Ontario, they’re going to get about 33%." Bend will see a maximum of 25% at 11:25 a.m. In Burns, it'll be 30% at 11:27 and Jordan Valley gets the most in Oregon at 35%.  

If you plan to view any portion of the eclipse, "It’s imperative, imperative to wear solar viewing glasses from start to end. Just do not take them off," says Todd, "Show children how to use them."

Todd tells KBND News, " If you want to get a last look at a solar eclipse - whether it’s partial, annular or totality, you want to see the one on April 8th. If you plan to stay in Oregon, that’s the last time you’re going to see one in a very long time." He says "We won’t get any kind of eclipse, of any kind, in North America until probably 2040-something."