Solar eclipse maps show 2024 totality path, peak times and how much of the eclipse you can see across the U.S.

A complete photo voltaic eclipse crosses North America on April 8, 2024, with components of 15 U.S. states inside the path of totality. Maps present the place and when astronomy followers can see the large occasion. 

The overall eclipse will first seem alongside Mexico’s Pacific Coast at round 11:07 a.m. PDT, then journey throughout a swath of the U.S., from Texas to Maine, and into Canada.

About 31.6 million folks stay within the path of totality, the world the place the moon will absolutely block out the solar, in keeping with NASA. The trail will vary between 108 and 122 miles large. A further 150 million folks stay inside 200 miles of the trail of totality.

Photo voltaic eclipse path of totality map for 2024

The complete photo voltaic eclipse will begin over the Pacific Ocean, and the primary location in continental North America that may expertise totality is Mexico’s Pacific Coast, round 11:07 a.m. PDT on April 8, in keeping with NASA. From there, the trail will proceed into Texas, crossing greater than a dozen states earlier than the eclipse enters Canada in southern Ontario. The eclipse will exit continental North America round 5:16 p.m. NDT from Newfoundland, Canada.

The trail of totality consists of the next states:

Small components of Tennessee and Michigan may also expertise the whole photo voltaic eclipse.

A number of main cities throughout the U.S. are included within the eclipse’s path of totality, whereas many others will see a partial eclipse. Listed here are a few of the finest main cities for eclipse viewing — if the climate cooperates:

San Antonio, Texas (partially underneath the trail)Austin, TexasWaco, TexasDallas, TexasLittle Rock, ArkansasIndianapolis, IndianaDayton, OhioCleveland, OhioBuffalo, New YorkRochester, New YorkSyracuse, New YorkBurlington, Vermont

Map of when the photo voltaic eclipse will attain totality throughout the trail

The eclipse will start within the U.S. on the afternoon of April 8. NASA shared occasions for a number of cities within the path of totality throughout the U.S. You can too examine your ZIP code on NASA’s map to see when the eclipse will attain you in the event you’re on, or close to, the trail of totality. 

How a lot of the eclipse will you see in the event you stay exterior of the totality path?

Whereas the April 8 eclipse will cowl a large swath of the U.S., many will not see something. Outdoors the trail of totality, observers might spot a partial eclipse, the place the moon covers most, however not all, of the solar, in keeping with NASA.

NASA permits viewers to enter a ZIP code and see how a lot of the solar might be coated of their location.

The place will the photo voltaic eclipse attain totality for the longest?

Eclipse viewers close to Torreón, Mexico, will get to expertise totality for the longest. Totality there’ll final 4 minutes, 28 seconds, in keeping with NASA. 

Most locations alongside the centerline of the trail of totality will see a totality length between 3.5 and 4 minutes lengthy, in keeping with NASA. Some locations within the U.S. come near the utmost; Kerrville, Texas, can have a totality length of 4 minutes, 24 seconds.

What’s the path of totality for the 2044 photo voltaic eclipse?

After the April 8 eclipse, the subsequent complete photo voltaic eclipse that might be seen from the contiguous U.S. might be on Aug. 23, 2044.

Astronomy followers within the U.S. can have far fewer alternatives to see the 2044 eclipse than the upcoming one on April 8. NASA has not but made maps accessible for the 2044 eclipse, however, in keeping with The Planetary Society, the trail of totality will solely contact three states.

The 2024 eclipse will begin in Greenland, cross over Canada and finish because the solar units in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota, in keeping with the Planetary Society.

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