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Western US To Get Mooned

A dazzling solar eclipse will be on display across the western part of the globe tonight.

Forecasters say as much as 99-percent of the sun will be obscured by the moon in parts of Canada, Mexico and Asia.

One of the best viewing areas in the US will be in San Diego, where as much as three-fourths of the sun will be hidden.

Other sections of the country will get a less dramatic sight.

In Chicago, only one-fifth of the sun's surface will be blocked.

The Eastern Seaboard will miss the eclipse entirely because it'll occur after sunset there.

The next eclipse that will be visible from the US will be in 2005.

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