Scroll all the way down to see the record of U.S. cities the place the April 8 whole photo voltaic eclipse will likely be seen, the length of the eclipse in these places and what time totality will start, based on GreatAmericanEclipse.com.
On April 8, 2024, a historic whole photo voltaic eclipse will forged a shadow over components of the USA, prompting a mass journey occasion to the trail of totality — from Texas to Maine and a number of other states and cities in between.
A complete photo voltaic eclipse happens when the moon passes between the solar and the Earth and, for a short while, fully blocks the face of the solar, based on NASA.
The monitor of the moon’s shadow throughout Earth’s floor known as the trail of totality, and to witness the April 8 whole photo voltaic eclipse, viewers have to be throughout the 115-mile-wide path.
Eclipse journey
Within the U.S., 31 million folks already reside inside the trail of totality, bringing the celestial phenomenon to their doorsteps, Michael Zeiler, knowledgeable photo voltaic eclipse cartographer at GreatAmericanEclipse.com informed ABC Information.
However for people exterior of the trail, investing money and time are wanted to expertise the occasion in totality.
Eclipse chasers, or umbraphiles, are people who will do nearly something, and journey nearly wherever, to see totality, based on the American Astronomical Society.
“There is a very energetic group of photo voltaic eclipse chasers and we’ll go to any affordable lengths to see photo voltaic eclipses wherever on this planet,” Zeiler stated. “All of us are united in pursuing the unimaginable fantastic thing about a complete photo voltaic eclipse.”
Bringing collectively each eclipse specialists and novice sky watchers, the full photo voltaic eclipse on April 8 is projected to be the U.S.’s largest mass journey occasion in 2024, based on Zeiler, who likened it to “50 simultaneous Tremendous Bowls throughout the nation.”
“While you take a look at the variety of folks anticipated to return to the trail of totality for the photo voltaic eclipse, we estimate these numbers are roughly the equal of fifty simultaneous Tremendous Bowls throughout the nation, from Texas to Maine,” he stated.
Eclipse map, path of totality
Within the U.S., the trail of totality begins in Texas and can journey via Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Small components of Tennessee and Michigan may even expertise the full photo voltaic eclipse, based on NASA.
Greatest occasions, locations to view eclipse
Beneath is a listing of some American cities the place the April 8 whole photo voltaic eclipse will likely be most seen — pending climate forecasts — the length of the eclipse in these places and what time totality will start, based on GreatAmericanEclipse.com.
Texas
- Eagle Go, Texas, 1:27 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 23 seconds
- Uvalde, Texas, 1:29 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 16 seconds
- Kerrville, Texas, 1:32 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 23 seconds
- Austin, Texas, 1:36 p.m. CDT: 1 minute, 53 seconds
- Killeen, Texas, 1:36 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 17 seconds
- Fort Value, Texas, 1:40 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 34 seconds
- Dallas, Texas, 1:40 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 47 seconds
Arkansas
- Little Rock, Arkansas, 1:51 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 33 seconds
- Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1:55 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 24 seconds
- Poplar Bluff, Arkansas, 1:56 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 8 seconds
Missouri
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1:58 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 6 seconds
Illinois
- Carbondale, Illinois, 1:59 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 8 seconds
- Mount Vernon, Illinois, 2:00 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 40 seconds
Indiana
- Evansville, Indiana, 2:02 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 2 seconds
- Terre Haute, Indiana, 3:04 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 57 seconds
- Indianapolis, Indiana, 3:06 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 46 seconds
Ohio
- Dayton, Ohio, 3:09 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 46 seconds
- Wapakoneta, Ohio, 3:09 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 55 seconds
- Toledo, Ohio, 3:12 p.m. EDT: 1 minute, 54 seconds
- Cleveland, Ohio, 3:13 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 50 seconds
Pennsylvania
- Eerie, Pennsylvania, 3:16 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 43 seconds
New York
- Buffalo, New York, 3:18 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 45 seconds
- Rochester, New York, 3:20 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 40 seconds
- Syracuse, New York, 3:23 p.m. EDT: 1 minute, 26 seconds
Vermont
- Burlington, Vermont, 3:26 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 14 seconds
Maine
- Island Falls, Maine, 3:31 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 20 seconds
- Presque Island, Maine, 3:32 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 47 seconds