A total solar eclipse, a once-in-a-lifetime event for most people, is set to happen on April 9. This short guide to the eclipse will tell you when, where it will be visible, and how you can watch it even if you don’t live near its path. It is set to happen between 9.13 p.m. IST on Monday, April 8, and 2.22 a.m. IST on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
It will be visible only in parts of the United States, Mexico, and Canada, which will witness a total solar eclipse. But the Moon will cover some parts of the Sun in a partial eclipse in parts of some Caribbean countries, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, and Iceland. Unfortunately, no eclipse will be visible to anyone in India or elsewhere in Asia.
How does a total solar eclipse happen?
A solar eclipse used to happen when the Moon passes in front of the Sun, covering some part of it. You probably don’t need to be told that it becomes a total solar eclipse when the Moon covers the Sun completely. But the “path” that the solar eclipse takes across our planet is the path taken by the Moon’s “umbra,” or the darkest part of its shadow.
Time Of Totality In Every U.S. State In The Path
In the U.S., totality will begin in Texas at 1:27 p.m. CDT and end in Maine at 3:35 p.m. EDT—a total of 68 minutes split between two timezones.
| · Texas: | · 1:27 – 1:49 p.m. CDT |
| · Oklahoma: | · 1:44 – 1:51 p.m. CDT |
| · Arkansas: | · 1:45 – 2:00 p.m. CDT |
| · Missouri: | · 1:53 – 2:02 p.m. CDT |
| · Kentucky: | · 1:58 – 2:01 p.m. CDT |
| · Illinois: | · 1:58 – 2:06 p.m. CDT |
| · Indiana: | · 3:01 – 3:12 p.m. EDT |
| · Ohio: | · 3:08 – 3:19 p.m. EDT |
| · Pennsylvania: | · 3:15 – 3:20 p.m. EDT |
| · New York: 3:16 | · 3:29 p.m. EDT |
| · Vermont: 3:25 | · 3:31 p.m. EDT |
| · New Hampshire: 3:28 | · 3:31 p.m. EDT |
| · Maine: 3:28 | · 3:35 p.m. EDT |
