![]() ![]() not within the path of totality will see at least a 16-percent partial eclipse. In the U.S., the narrow path where totality occurs runs from the Texas-Mexico border through the Maine-Canada border. Mexican Central Daylight Time near Nazas, Mexico, a town of nearly 4,000 residents. That duration will occur beginning at 1:15 p.m. But any period of time under totality is worthwhile - especially this eclipse’s maximum of 4 minutes 28 seconds. The eclipse on April 8, 2024, won’t come close to that. The result is that the longest possible duration of totality is 7 minutes 32 seconds. This is caused by the nature of the cosmos as Earth and the Moon orbit not in perfect circles, but ellipses - so Earth is not always the same distance from the Sun and the Moon is not always the same distance from Earth. If you skipped the last one, keep in mind that there won’t be another cross-country eclipse for two decades - don’t miss out this time! Astronomy: Roen Kelly, after Michael Zeiler The nitty-gritty of the 2024 solar eclipseĮvery eclipse has a different length of totality. And, if you saw the 2017 eclipse, you’re no doubt already planning to head to the path of totality when the Moon’s shadow again crosses the contiguous 48 states on April 8, 2024. 21, 2017, the first to cross the country since 1979. experienced the much-anticipated total solar eclipse of Aug. Don’t miss your chance to experience it again in 2024. The Great American Eclipse drew millions to totality in 2017. ![]()
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