Sunday may be three days after Halloween, but early risers might get a special treat: A partial solar eclipse — one of only two on Earth this year — will be visible in the sky over much of the eastern United States early today.

The eclipse will be seen for only about 30 minutes after sunrise and will appear throughout the entire East Coast where clouds don't obscure it. It will be seen only as far west as eastern Ohio, eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and most of Georgia.

This eclipse will be a rare “hybrid” eclipse, in which some parts of the Earth see an “annular” eclipse (where the moon does not completely block out the sun), while other parts see a “total” eclipse, when the moon completely covers the sun.

The United States, along with parts of Europe and Africa, will be treated to the “annular” part of the eclipse: The sun will appear as if it has had a big bite taken out of it. Only people in central Africa, in countries such as Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, will get to see the total eclipse of the sun.

The next chance to see a total solar eclipse in the United States will be Aug. 21, 2017.

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