Solar Eclipse 2024 in USA: Date, time, path, locations, how to watch live

Solar eclipse 2024 is here and millions of Americans will be able to witness the rare phenomenon. On April 8, there will be no sun light for more than 4 minutes in the total solar eclipse path, as per reports. Total solar eclipse 2024 path will cover areas of Texas, New York, Oklahoma, Illinois, Maine, and others.

Solar Eclipse 2024 Path, Locations

Total Solar eclipse 2024 path, and locations details are out and residents of the following areas in the US can witness the celestial phenomenon on April 8.

Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Popular Bluff, Paducah, Carbondale, Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Muncie, Toledo, Cleveland, Akron, Dayton, Erie, Buffalo, Niagra Falls, Rochester, Syracuse, Plattsburg, Montpelier, Burlington, and Houlton.


The US states where a few locations will be witness umbra or total solar eclipse on April 8 are Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire.

April 8 solar eclipse will begin in the Pacific and make landfall at Mazatlan, Mexico, heading up through Texas and other US states before crossing into Canada and exiting into the Atlantic at Newfoundland. Those outside the 115-mile-wide (185-kilometer-wide) path, will get a partial eclipse.

Solar Eclipse 2024 Date, Time

The first location in continental North America that will experience totality is Mexico’s Pacific coast around 2:07 pm (EDT) on April 8. The eclipse will exit continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Canada at 3:46 pm (EDT).

For the US, total Solar Eclipse 2024 will commence at 2.27 pm (EDT) in Texas, and will culminate at 3.35 pm (EDT) in Maine. There won’t be another coast-to-coast eclipse in the US until 2045.

FAQs

Q1. When is Solar Eclipse 2024?
A1. The first location in continental North America that will experience totality is Mexico’s Pacific coast around 2:07 pm (EDT) on April 8. The eclipse will exit continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Canada at 3:46 pm (EDT). For the US, total Solar Eclipse 2024 will commence at 2.27 pm (EDT) in Texas, and will culminate at 3.35 pm (EDT) in Maine.

Q2. When will be next total coast-to-coast solar eclipse in the US?
A2. There won’t be another coast-to-coast eclipse in the US until 2045.