A total solar eclipse will cross part of the U.S. on Monday morning and while people in the Bay Area will not be able to see the sun fully blocked by the moon, multiple local science and space centers are holding events to celebrate the rare occurrence.

The Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland and the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley are among the places celebrating the total eclipse, which will take a northeast path across the country from Texas to Maine.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.