The Total Solar Eclipse 2024 will occur on Monday, April 8, 2024, and will span North America across Canada, the United States, and Mexico. The Pacific coast of Mexico will see totality first in continental North America, weather permitting, at around 11:07 a.m. PDT.
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Total Solar Eclipse 2024
A Total Solar Eclipse 2024 is expected to span North America on Monday, April 8, 2024, crossing across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Over the South Pacific Ocean, the complete solar eclipse will start. If the weather permits, at around 11:07 a.m. PDT, the Pacific coast of Mexico will be the first spot in continental North America to see totality.
Beyond Mexico, the eclipse’s path passes across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine before entering the United States. The complete solar eclipse will also be seen in small areas of Michigan and Tennessee.
Total Solar Eclipse 2024 Time
The precise timing of the eclipse depends on where you are in its path, but it will start in Texas at 1:27 p.m. CDT and terminate in Maine at 3:35 p.m. EDT.
The eclipse will cross into Canada through Southern Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton. At 5:16 p.m. NDT, the eclipse will cross the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada, and leave continental North America.
Where will the April 2024 eclipse be visible?
The moon will at least cut the sun in all 48 of the United States states, but seeing it that way is nothing compared to being in the path of totality.
Expect millions of people to cram onto a swath of territory just over 100 miles wide, spanning from the Texas/Mexico border to the Maine/Canada border. This is because the narrow corridor passes through or is close to some of the major cities in the country.
The following are the key cities in each state where totality is expected (please take notice that the timings shown do not cover the beginning and end of the partial eclipse):
- Dallas, Texas: 1:40-1:44 p.m. CDT
- Idabel, Oklahoma: 1:45-1:49 p.m. CDT
- Little Rock, Arkansas: 1:51-1:54 p.m. CDT
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri: 1:56-2:00 p.m. CDT
- Paducah, Kentucky: 2-2:02 p.m. CDT
- Carbondale, Illinois: 1:59-2:03 p.m. CDT
- Evansville, Indiana: 2:02-2:05 p.m. CDT
- Cleveland, Ohio: 3:13-3:17 p.m. EDT
- Erie, Pennsylvania: 3:16-3:20 p.m. EDT
- Buffalo, New York: 3:18-3:22 p.m. EDT
- Burlington, Vermont: 3:26-3:29 p.m. EDT
- Lancaster, New Hampshire: 3:27-3:30 p.m. EDT
- Caribou, Maine: 3:32-3:34 p.m. EDT
Will clouds block the April 2024 eclipse?
History provides some hints, but it’s too soon to tell. Along a large portion of the eclipse’s northern path, there is a good possibility of cloudy skies; some locations, like Buffalo, have a 1-in-3 chance of clear skies in early April.
The south generally has clearer skies. There may be about a 75 percent likelihood of clear skies directly over the Texas/Mexico border.
Remember that not all eclipses are ruined by clouds. Clouds that are high and airy will not ruin the spectacle the way dense, low clouds might. If such were the case, there would be a sudden darkness in the line of totality, but you would not be able to watch the moon pass in front of the sun.
What exactly is a total solar eclipse?
Eclipses come in a variety of forms that provide varied perspectives on the sun or moon. A solar eclipse is defined by NASA as a phenomenon in which the moon obscures or completely blocks the sun’s light in some locations on Earth due to its passage between the two celestial bodies.
If the weather permits, those who are in the path of a total solar eclipse will be able to witness the sun’s corona and outer atmosphere as the moon entirely obscures the sun’s face. Some eclipses, such as a partial solar eclipse, are characterized by the moon covering just a portion of the sun, giving rise to a crescent-shaped eclipse.
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