2024 Total Solar Eclipse
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, United States, and Canada.
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America and extend into Mexico, the United States and Canada. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon is positioned between the Sun and the Earth, completely covering the face of the Sun and causing temporary darkness in the sky during the morning or evening hours. Ensuring safety while viewing a total solar eclipse is paramount. Including the need to use special eye protection designed specifically for viewing the sun
Safety:
Looking directly at the Sun without special eye protection is not safe, except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face. Using a camera lens, binoculars or a telescope to view any part of the bright Sun without a special-purpose solar filter secured to the front of the optics can immediately result in serious eye injury
When viewing the partial phases of a solar eclipse directly with your eyes, which occur before and after totality, it is essential to protect your eyes. This can be done using safe solar viewing glasses, also known as “eclipse glasses”, or a safe handheld solar viewer. Alternatively, you can employ indirect viewing methods such as pinhole projectors. These precautions are necessary to protect your eyesight from the intense brightness of the Sun during the eclipse.
Be sure to thoroughly check your eclipse glasses or handheld viewer before use. If you discover any tears, scratches or other types of damage, it is essential to discard the device immediately. Additionally, it is important to supervise children whenever they are using the solar viewer. Under no circumstances should you observe eclipses through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical instrument by wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer.
Skin Safety
During a partial or annular eclipse, as well as partial phases of a total eclipse, the Sun remains extremely bright. Prolonged exposure to direct sunlight, which can last for hours throughout the eclipse, poses a risk of skin damage. Therefore, it is necessary to take precautions like wearing sunscreen, hats and protective clothing to protect yourself from possible harm.
What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Total Solar Eclipse
During a total solar eclipse, viewers can safely remove their eclipse glasses only during the period known as totality. This occurs when the Moon completely covers the Sun. However, it is important to emphasize that eclipse glasses are different from regular sunglasses and should only be removed momentarily during totality to avoid eye damage.
Where & When
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will begin over the South Pacific Ocean and cross areas of North America, Mexico, the United States, and Canada. If weather conditions permit, the earliest area in continental North America to see totality will be the Pacific Coast of Mexico, at approximately 11:07 a.m. PDT.
The eclipse’s trajectory begins in Mexico, enters the United States via Texas, and passes through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Is. It then enters Canada in southern Ontario, passing through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. The eclipse exits continental North America off the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada at 5:16 p.m.
| Location | Partial Begins | Totality Begins | Maximum | Totality Ends | Partial Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas, Texas | 12:23 p.m. CDT | 1:40 p.m. CDT | 1:42 p.m. CDT | 1:44 p.m. CDT | 3:02 p.m. CDT |
| Idabel, Oklahoma | 12:28 p.m. CDT | 1:45 p.m. CDT | 1:47 p.m. CDT | 1:49 p.m. CDT | 3:06 p.m. CDT |
| Little Rock, Arkansas | 12:33 p.m. CDT | 1:51 p.m. CDT | 1:52 p.m. CDT | 1:54 p.m. CDT | 3:11 p.m. CDT |
| Poplar Bluff, Missouri | 12:39 p.m. CDT | 1:56 p.m. CDT | 1:56 p.m. CDT | 2:00 p.m. CDT | 3:15 p.m. CDT |
| Paducah, Kentucky | 12:42 p.m. CDT | 2:00 p.m. CDT | 2:01 p.m. CDT | 2:02 p.m. CDT | 3:18 p.m. CDT |
| Carbondale, Illinois | 12:42 p.m. CDT | 1:59 p.m. CDT | 2:01 p.m. CDT | 2:03 p.m. CDT | 3:18 p.m. CDT |
| Evansville, Indiana | 12:45 p.m. CDT | 2:02 p.m. CDT | 2:04 p.m. CDT | 2:05 p.m. CDT | 3:20 p.m. CDT |
| Cleveland, Ohio | 1:59 p.m. EDT | 3:13 p.m. EDT | 3:15 p.m. EDT | 3:17 p.m. EDT | 4:29 p.m. EDT |
| Erie, Pennsylvania | 2:02 p.m. EDT | 3:16 p.m. EDT | 3:18 p.m. EDT | 3:20 p.m. EDT | 4:30 p.m. EDT |
| Buffalo, New York | 2:04 p.m. EDT | 3:18 p.m. EDT | 3:20 p.m. EDT | 3:22 p.m. EDT | 4:32 p.m. EDT |
| Burlington, Vermont | 2:14 p.m. EDT | 3:26 p.m. EDT | 3:27 p.m. EDT | 3:29 p.m. EDT | 4:37 p.m. EDT |
| Lancaster, New Hampshire | 2:16 p.m. EDT | 3:27 p.m. EDT | 3:29 p.m. EDT | 3:30 p.m. EDT | 4:38 p.m. EDT |
| Caribou, Maine | 2:22 p.m. EDT | 3:32 p.m. EDT | 3:33 p.m. EDT | 3:34 p.m. EDT | 4:40 p.m. EDT |
