After six years, seven months, and 18 days, a total eclipse of the Sun will once again cross North America.
The total solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, will dazzle tens of millions of people from Mazatlán, Mexico, to the shores of Newfoundland, Canada, just north of St. John’s. The U.S. states touched by totality are Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Inside the path of totality, the sky will suddenly darken to a deep twilight and the Sun’s magnificent corona will appear around the pitch-black disk of the eclipsing Moon. Totality is easily one of the most beautiful natural sights, and people will come from all over the globe to see the corona’s majesty.
Nearly all of North America except for Alaska will have the opportunity to view and enjoy at least a partial solar eclipse. (Don’t feel sorry for Alaska, though — it will be the only place in the U.S. to see the total solar eclipse of March 30, 2033.)
