What time will the solar eclipse begin in Michigan?

Get ready to spend some time outside this afternoon.

In its entirety, you'll be able to see at least a small piece of the eclipse for almost two and a half hours. If you're in Metro Detroit, that viewing window starts at 1:58 p.m., according to NASA.

The city itself is going to see 99.4% totality, which is to say it won't quite be a full eclipse but it will be pretty close.

The eclipse will reach its peak in Detroit around 3:12 p.m., which will likely last a minute or two. It won't be long, though — don't be late! After that point, you will be able to watch it slowly recede in the sky. It will end at 4:27 p.m. in Detroit.

Only a sliver of communities in southeastern Michigan are in the eclipse's path of totality, meaning viewers there will see the full eclipse. Luna Pier, the only part of Michigan that will see 100% totality, will hit its peak for a few seconds at 3:13 p.m. There, it will start around 1:57 p.m. and end around 4:27 p.m.

Most cities around Metro Detroit have approximately the same time frame of viewing as Detroit. Even though we may be far from each other in terms of miles, you'll only need to add or subtract maybe a minute or two at most.

This is to say: Get outside by 3 p.m. and just hang out. If the weather holds, it'll be a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic event, which is probably way cooler than whatever else you might have been doing.

If you live farther out, your timing might be different. People in the southwestern corner of the state — think St. Joseph or Benton Harbor — will see the start of the eclipse first, starting around 1:53 p.m. From there, you can add a minute to the start time every roughly 35 miles west (although that's not exact, because the path of the eclipse runs on a diagonal).

In Grand Rapids, the eclipse begins at 1:55 p.m. and city will see 93.7% totality at 3:11 p.m. In Midland, people will get the same totality at 3:13 p.m. In Lansing and Traverse City, it will be around 3:12 p.m.

The last people who will see the remnants of the eclipse in Michigan will be those in the easternmost parts of the Thumb. In Port Huron, Port Sanilac and Harbor Beach, the eclipse will be over at 4:28 p.m.