UPDATE 04/08/2024: See Post Below ⇩

“Great American Eclipse” Day, 04/08/24 – Photos, Videos & Satellite Imagery

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This is it! Today is the day!

The “Great American Eclipse”  will be a total eclipse to go beyond the expectancy of many eclipses. Versatileer regrets that I will not be bringing it #Live but will bring footage as soon as possible straight from viewing in Indianapolis, Indiana!

To be a well deserved great total eclipse because of its timing in conjunction with a series of Super New Moons, a point where the New Moon will be where it is visibly closer to the Earth. Because of this, the path of the total eclipse area will be not only wider than normal, the time the area of eclipse of the Sun will also be much longer than normal. Additional variances exist, such as the duration of totality (2 minutes 40 seconds in 2017 and 4 minutes 28 seconds in 2024) and the width of the path of totality (approximately 70 miles in 2017 and about 115 miles in 2024). The maximum area of duration is at the point near Torreón, Mexico where the complete duration is 4 minutes and 28 seconds long. This eclipse will be the second visible eclipse within a year (the October 2023 eclipse had no area that was in the total eclipse phase, due to the Sun being too far from Earth, and not covering the whole Sun span). The eclipse starts in the south Pacific Ocean meandering into the north Pacific into This total eclipse will also be the first total eclipse visible in the United States since August 21, 2017. and the partial phase will be visible everywhere in the United States including Hawaii, excluding only the state of Alaska. The fifteen states where totality will be visible somewhere in these states (in order of movement) are:

1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Arkansas
4. Missouri
5. Tennessee
6. Kentucky
7. Illinois
8. Indiana
9. Ohio
10. Michigan
11. Pennsylvania
12. New York
13. Vermont
14. New Hampshire
15. Maine

The two areas of overlap from previous eclipses in the past decade are in Illinois and Texas:

• The convergence of the 2017 and 2024 paths results in the formation of an “Eclipse Crossroads” region spanning approximately 9,000 square miles across certain areas of southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, and western Kentucky. This particular area will witness a second totality in less than seven years.
• A region in Texas close to San Antonio will witness both the annular eclipse in 2023 and the total eclipse in 2024 as the two paths intersect.

The eclipse also will affect the following six Canadian provinces/territories:

1. Ontario
2. Québec
3. New Brunswick
4. Prince Edward Island
5. Nova Scotia
6. Newfoundland

The 2024 solar eclipse will cause a temporary darkening of the sky for millions of Americans in the path of totality as it trks east, northeastward at more than 1,500 miles per hour. This event marks the first solar eclipse to traverse North America in a span of seven years, and the contiguous U.S. will have to wait until August 23, 2044, for the next one, as confirmed by NASA.

• Some Safety and Miscellaneous offers today:
• Approved an rated glasses are needed for safety, but they sure are confusing. Use the right rating. There are 2 ratings:
  • Approved for your eyes.
  • Approved for lenses, camera equipment and cell phone cameras. NEVER use those filters to view the partial eclipse with your eyes! Never photograph without the filtering equipment!
• A total solar eclipse in April will cross 13 US states: Which ones are on the path?
  The one thing you’ll want not to do is to try to look at the eclipse while driving during solar eclipse.
• Burger King, Pizza Hut, Applebee’s and Sonic serving up eclipse deals and specials.,
  No, welding glasses!
• Eclipses don’t happen every month due to the tilt of the orbit of the Moon’s path in comparison with the juxtaposition of the Earth.
• The area of the total solar eclipse will cross 13 US states: Which ones near you are on the path?
  • Dallas and San Antonio, Texas
  • Idabel, Oklahoma
  • Poplar Bluff, Missouri
  • Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Paducah, Kentucky
  • Indianapolis and Evansville, Indiana
  • Carbondale, Illinois
  • Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio
  • Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, New York
  • Burlington, Vermont
  • Lancaster, New Hampshire
  • Caribou, Maine
  • Erie, Pennsylvania…

See you with footage of the eclipse as soon as possible! How lovely it is going to be, weather permitting.

The statistics are below. . .

Global Worldwide Map of the Great American Eclipse 2024:

U.S. Map of the Great American Eclipse 2024:

NASA Diagram Map of the Great American Eclipse 2024:

“Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 Apr 08”  Information Courtesy of NASA – eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov

Join the Total Eclipse Video Viewing Party: HERE Happy careful viewing!

April 8^th Solar Eclipse Information:

Great American Total Solar Eclipse – 04/08/24
EVENT DURATION – 04:27:54
Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type:	Total Solar Eclipse, in North America, Central America [Total: Mexico, C. U.S., E. Canada]
Event Begins:	Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 11:53 pm
Partiality Begins:	Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 12:51 pm
Total * Begins:	Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 2:06:03 pm *
Maximum:	Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 2:07:59 pm * – 1.019 Magnitude : 03m51s
Total * Ends:	Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 2:09:54 pm *
Partiality Ends:	Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 3:22 pm
Event Ends:	Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 4:20 pm
Total Span:	TOTAL = 00:03:51, PARTIALITY – 02:32:40
* Times are CST. There will be no total eclipse in CHicago (96%). The times are imported from Indianapolis, IN’s information. Note that the times are 1 hour later at EST

Times CDST Information courtesy of timeanddate.com

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Future Solar Eclipse Information:

Solar Eclipse Information: 2024 – 2031
Calendar Date (Map Link)	TD of Greatest Eclipse (Animation Link)	Eclipse Type (Google Map Link)	Saros Series (Link)	Eclipse Magnitude	Central Duration (Path Table Link)	Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
04/08/2024	18:18:29	Total	139	1.057	04m28s	North America, Central America [Total: Mexico, C. U.S., E. Canada]
10/02/2024	18:46:13	Annular	144	0.933	07m25s	Pacific, S. South America [Annular: S. Chile, S. Argentina]
03/29/2025	10:48:36	Partial	149	0.938	–	S. America, N. America, N. Russia
09/21/2025	19:43:04	Partial	154	0.855	–	S. Pacific, New Zealand, Antarctica
02/17/2026	12:13:05	Annular	121	0.963	02m20s	S. Argentina & Chile, S. Africa, Antarctica [Annular: Antarctica]
08/12/2026	17:47:05	Total	126	1.039	02m18s	N. North America, W. Africa, Europe [Total: Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Spain]
02/06/2027	16:00:47	Annular	131	0.928	07m51s	South America, Antarctica, W & S. Africa [Annular: Chile, Argentina, Atlantic]
08/02/2027	10:07:49	Total	136	1.079	06m23s	Africa, Europe, Mid-East, W. & S. Asia [Total:Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia]
01/26/2028	15:08:58	Annular	141	0.921	10m27s	E. North America, Central America & South America, W. Europe, N.W. Africa [Annular: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Spain, Portugal]
07/22/2028	02:56:39	Total	146	1.056	05m10s	S.E. Asia, E. Indies, Australia, New Zealand [Total: Australia, New Zealand]
01/14/2029	17:13:47	Partial	151	0.871	–	North America, Central America
06/12/2029	04:06:13	Partial	118	0.458	–	Arctic, Scandinavia, Alaska, N. Asia, N. Canada
07/11/2029	15:37:18	Partial	156	0.230	–	S. Chile, S. Argentina
12/05/2029	15:03:57	Partial	123	0.891	–	S. Argentina, S. Chile, Antarctica
06/01/2030	06:29:13	Annular	128	0.944	05m21s	Europe, N. Africa, Mid-East, Asia, Arctic, Alaska [Annular: Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, N. China, Japan]
11/25/2030	06:51:37	Total	133	1.047	03m44s	S. Africa, S. Indian Ocean, E. Indies, Australia, Antarctica [Total: Botswana, S. Africa, Australia]
05/21/2031	07:16:04	Annular	138	1.047	05m26s	S. Africa, S. Indian Ocean, E. Indies, Australia [Annular: Tansania, India, Malaysia, Indonesia]
11/14/2031	21:07:31	Hybrid	143	1.047	01m08s	N. Pacific, Aleutians, Hawaii, S. Pacific, N. Pacific, S. America, N. America [Hybrid=Sunrise & Sunset; Total in Middle; Annular: Panama]

Times UTC Information courtesy of eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov

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More information on future solar and lunar eclipses can be found at timeanddate.com.

Specific information on the 04/08/24 Partial Lunar Eclipse from TimeandDate.com

And more information on future eclipses, please visit NASA at:

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An Eclipse Never Comes Alone!
A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.
See you: The September-October eclipse season, there will be a minor partial lunar eclipse occurring on September 17-18, 2024, followed by an annular solar eclipse on October 2, 2024.

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More:

Going Live: The Coming “Great American Eclipse” on April 8, 2024

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