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The solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, also known as the Great North American Eclipse, [1] [2] was a total solar eclipse visible across a band covering parts of North America, from Mexico to Canada and crossing the contiguous United States. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the Sun
The District of Columbia is the only territory of the United States, except for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to not experience an annular or total solar eclipse from 1900 to 2100. The most recent partial solar eclipse was on April 8, 2024, and the next partial solar eclipse will occur on March 29, 2025. [9]
The total eclipse will start over the South Pacific Ocean, hitting the coast of Mexico shortly after 11 a.m. PDT and exiting continental North America over Newfoundland in Canada at 5:16 p.m. NDT ...
The 2024 solar eclipse will be visible across North America today. As the moon's position between the Earth and sun casts a shadow on North America, that shadow, or umbra, will travel along the ...
This will also be the first of two total solar eclipses visible in the U.S. in less than one year's time. A cross-country eclipse more impressive than those in 2017 and 2024 will unfold over the ...
An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, [1] with a magnitude of 0.9326. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
The partial eclipse ends in Caribou, Maine at 4:40 p.m. ET. This event marked the last opportunity to catch a total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. for approximately 20 years.
After 2024, the next total solar eclipse visible from the contiguous U.S. will not occur until Aug. 22, 2044, followed by another on Aug. 12, 2045. Dr. Gordon Telepun is an expert eclipse ...