THE Solar eclipse of 2024 will be visible throughout North America Today. Like the position of the Moon between the Earth and the Sun casts a shadow In North America, this shadow, or shadow, will move along the surface from west to east at over 1,500 miles per hour along the surface. path of totality.
This means that the eclipse will begin, peak, and end at different times – just like the moments of total darkness along the path of totality – and that the best time to view the eclipse depends on where you you find. Some places along the path will have more total time than others.
What time does the 2024 total solar eclipse start?
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The total solar eclipse will emerge over the South Pacific Ocean before its shadow extends across North America, starting in parts of Mexico. The path of totality, where spectators can see the moon completely blocking the sun (through eclipse viewing glasses for safety), is expected to first land near the city of Mazatlán around 9 a.m. 51MT.
The total solar eclipse will cross the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas, where it will emerge over Eagle Pass at 12:10 p.m. CT.
In Dallas, NASA data shows the partial eclipse will first become visible at 12:23 p.m. CT. The next states in the path of totality are Oklahoma and Arkansas, where the eclipse begins in Little Rock at 12:33 p.m. CT.
Cleveland will see the start of the eclipse at 1:59 p.m. ET. Darkness will begin to spread across the skies over Buffalo, New York at 2:04 p.m. ET. Next, the eclipse will reach northwest Vermont, including Burlington, at 2:14 p.m. ET. Parts of New Hampshire and Maine will also follow the path of totality before the eclipse reaches the Canadian mainland at 3:13 p.m. ET.
Although the experience won’t be exactly the same, viewers in all contiguous U.S. states outside the path of totality will still be able to see a partial eclipse. Some locations will see most of the sun blocked by the moon, including Washington, DC, where the partial eclipse will begin at 2:04 p.m. ET.
New York City will also experience a significant partial eclipse, starting at 2:10 p.m. ET.
In Chicago, viewers can begin seeing the partial eclipse at 12:51 p.m. CT.
In Detroit, viewers will be able to enjoy a near-total eclipse starting at 1:58 p.m. ET, and in Boston it will begin at 2:16 p.m. ET.
The table below from NASA shows when the eclipse will begin, peak and end in 13 cities along the eclipse’s path.
What time will the solar eclipse reach maximum totality?
Millions more people will have chance to witness total solar eclipse this year than during the last total solar eclipsevisible from the United States in 2017.
The peak of the eclipse will mean something different for cities in the path of totality and those outside it. In the path of totality, darkness will fall for a few minutes. The longest ones will last more than 4 minutes, but most places will see between 3.5 and 4 minutes of totality. In cities experiencing a partial eclipse, a percentage of the sun will be obscured for more than two hours.
Mazatlán is expected to experience totality at 11:07 a.m. PT. Dallas will be able to see the moon completely cover the sun at 1:40 p.m. CT. Little Rock will begin to see the full eclipse at 1:51 p.m. CT, Cleveland at 3:13 p.m. ET, and Buffalo at 3:18 p.m. ET. Totality will reach Burlington at 3:26 p.m. ET before moving to other states and reaching Canada around 4:25 p.m.
Outside of the path of totality, 87.4% of the sun will be eclipsed in Washington, DC at 3:20 p.m. ET, and Chicago will have maximum coverage of 93.9% at 2:07 p.m. CT. New York City is much closer to the path of totality this year than it was in 2017; it will see 89.6% coverage as of 3:25 p.m. EDT.
Detroit is another city that will experience a near-total eclipse, with peak coverage of 99.2% at 3:14 p.m. ET. Boston will have 92.4% coverage as of 3:29 p.m. ET.
What time will the solar eclipse end?
The eclipse will leave mainland North America from Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m. NT, according to NASA.
At the start of the path of totality in Mazatlán, the eclipse will end at 12:32 p.m. PT and leave Dallas at 3:02 p.m. PT. The eclipse will end in Little Rock at 3:11 p.m. CT, in Cleveland at 4:29 p.m. CDT, and in Buffalo at 4:32 p.m. ET. Burlington won’t be far behind, with the eclipse ending at 4:37 p.m. ET.
Meanwhile, viewing will end in Chicago at 3:21 p.m. CT, Washington, DC at 4:32 p.m. ET, and New York at 4:36 p.m. ET.
In Detroit, the partial eclipse will disappear at 4:27 p.m. ET, and in Boston, it will end at 4:39 p.m. ET.
How long will the eclipse last in total?
The total solar eclipse will begin in Mexico at 11:07 a.m. PT and leave mainland North America at 5:16 p.m. PT. From the moment the partial eclipse first appears on Earth to its final glimpses before disappearing thousands of miles away, the celestial spectacle will dazzle viewers for approximately 5 hours, according to timeanddate.com.
The length of the total solar eclipse at points along the path depends on the viewing location. The longest will last 4 minutes and 28 seconds, northwest of Torreón, Mexico. Near the center of the path, totality occurs for the longest periods, according to NASA.
Spectators will observe totality much longer today than back then eclipse of 2017while the longest sequence of totality was 2 minutes and 32 seconds.
The Moon’s shadow seen on Earth today, called an umbra, moves at more than 2,500 kilometers per hour, according to NASA. It would move even faster if the Earth rotated in the opposite direction.
What is the longest duration of a solar eclipse?
The longest known totality was 7 minutes and 28 seconds in 743 BC. However, NASA says this record will be broken in 2186 with a total solar eclipse lasting 7 minutes and 29 seconds. The next total solar eclipse visible from parts of the United States will not occur until August 23, 2044.
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