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Total solar eclipse of 8 April 2024

Mexico, Estados Unidos y Canada, con hasta 4 min 28 s de totalidad y una franja que paso por encima de decenas de millones de personas.

4 min 28 sLongest totality
198 kmPath width
18:17:18Greatest eclipse (UTC)
70°Sun altitude at greatest
2,500 km/hShadow speed
1.057Magnitude
139Saros series
0.343Gamma

The simulation: space and ground at once

Top left, what happens in space: the Moon’s shadow sweeping the planet. On the right, what you would see from the chosen spot, at the very same instant. Below, the map of the track. Press ▶ and all three views move on a single clock.

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Speed:
From space · schematic scale
On the ground · —
Wheel to zoom, drag to pan, click to check a point.
The path of the umbra
Path of totality Central line Umbra right now Sunset line Cities inside the path 🗺 The corner locates the view on the globe

The Earth · Moon · Sun system that day

The same eclipse seen from outside. The Moon’s position, the shadow cone and the umbral spot come from the official Besselian elements — not from approximate ephemerides — so the shadow lands exactly where it will land. Drag to rotate, scroll to zoom.

3D model · Besselian geometry · distances compressed
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Your browser cannot draw in 3D (no WebGL available). The rest of the page works the same: use the map and the simulator above.
Umbra: total eclipse Penumbra: real obscuration, computed point by point Path of totality on the map 🖱 Drag the globe · scroll to zoom

Where it goes

What will you see from where you are?

Type a city of over 20,000 people or a pair of coordinates, or click the map.

What weather to expect

How much Sun is covered, minute by minute?

Percentage of the solar disc covered at Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz. Light does not drop noticeably until past ~85 %; then everything happens at once.

Cities inside the path of totality

Times in each city's own local time, computed one by one.

CityCountryStarts TotalityDurationSun altitude
Ciudad Melchor MúzquizMexico 11:0712:24:16 – 12:28:44 4 min 27 s69°
KerrvilleUnited States 12:1413:32:05 – 13:36:29 4 min 25 s68°
Piedras NegrasMexico 12:1013:27:25 – 13:31:50 4 min 25 s69°
El SaltoMexico 10:5312:10:10 – 12:14:34 4 min 24 s70°
Eagle PassUnited States 12:1013:27:29 – 13:31:53 4 min 24 s69°
AllendeMexico 11:0812:26:15 – 12:30:38 4 min 23 s69°
NavaMexico 11:0912:26:32 – 12:30:55 4 min 23 s69°
Copperas CoveUnited States 12:1813:35:57 – 13:40:20 4 min 23 s66°
Nueva RositaMexico 11:0712:24:55 – 12:29:17 4 min 21 s69°
Fort CavazosUnited States 12:1813:36:12 – 13:40:32 4 min 20 s66°
MazatlánMexico 09:5111:07:24 – 11:11:42 4 min 18 s69°
WaxahachieUnited States 12:2213:39:46 – 13:44:03 4 min 18 s65°
Gómez PalacioMexico 10:5912:16:45 – 12:21:02 4 min 18 s70°
LerdoMexico 10:5912:16:39 – 12:20:56 4 min 17 s70°
KilleenUnited States 12:1813:36:17 – 13:40:34 4 min 17 s66°
Francisco I. MaderoMexico 11:0012:17:32 – 12:21:48 4 min 16 s70°
WacoUnited States 12:2013:37:59 – 13:42:11 4 min 12 s66°
Harker HeightsUnited States 12:1813:36:23 – 13:40:34 4 min 11 s67°
RussellvilleUnited States 12:3313:50:04 – 13:54:15 4 min 11 s61°
SabinasMexico 11:0712:25:02 – 12:29:13 4 min 11 s69°
TorreónMexico 10:5912:16:53 – 12:21:04 4 min 11 s70°
LancasterUnited States 12:2213:40:18 – 13:44:28 4 min 10 s65°
CorsicanaUnited States 12:2213:40:00 – 13:44:09 4 min 10 s65°
CarbondaleUnited States 12:4213:59:14 – 14:03:22 4 min 8 s57°
Balch SpringsUnited States 12:2313:40:44 – 13:44:53 4 min 8 s65°
GreenvilleUnited States 12:2413:42:12 – 13:46:21 4 min 8 s64°
MesquiteUnited States 12:2313:40:51 – 13:44:58 4 min 7 s65°
Cape GirardeauUnited States 12:4113:58:19 – 14:02:25 4 min 6 s57°
DeSotoUnited States 12:2213:40:11 – 13:44:15 4 min 4 s65°
MidlothianUnited States 12:2213:39:47 – 13:43:51 4 min 4 s65°
RockwallUnited States 12:2413:41:22 – 13:45:25 4 min 2 s64°
BloomingtonUnited States 13:4915:04:49 – 15:08:51 4 min 2 s54°
FranklinUnited States 13:5015:05:49 – 15:09:50 4 min 2 s53°
ParisUnited States 12:2613:43:57 – 13:47:58 4 min 1 s63°
GreenwoodUnited States 13:5015:05:53 – 15:09:52 3 min 59 s53°
GreenfieldUnited States 13:5115:06:32 – 15:10:31 3 min 59 s53°
RowlettUnited States 12:2313:41:12 – 13:45:09 3 min 57 s65°
Cedar HillUnited States 12:2213:40:04 – 13:44:01 3 min 57 s65°
DuncanvilleUnited States 12:2213:40:16 – 13:44:11 3 min 54 s65°
ConwayUnited States 12:3313:51:04 – 13:54:58 3 min 54 s61°
LorainUnited States 13:5815:12:59 – 15:16:52 3 min 53 s49°
BeltonUnited States 12:1913:36:49 – 13:40:42 3 min 53 s67°
SidneyUnited States 13:5415:09:20 – 15:13:13 3 min 53 s51°
Avon LakeUnited States 13:5815:13:14 – 15:17:06 3 min 53 s49°
AvonUnited States 13:5815:13:11 – 15:17:03 3 min 53 s49°
ElyriaUnited States 13:5815:13:02 – 15:16:54 3 min 52 s49°
WestlakeUnited States 13:5815:13:21 – 15:17:13 3 min 51 s49°
North RidgevilleUnited States 13:5815:13:10 – 15:17:02 3 min 51 s49°
Rocky RiverUnited States 13:5915:13:29 – 15:17:20 3 min 51 s49°
LakewoodUnited States 13:5915:13:33 – 15:17:23 3 min 50 s49°
North OlmstedUnited States 13:5815:13:20 – 15:17:10 3 min 50 s49°
LimaUnited States 13:5415:09:47 – 15:13:38 3 min 50 s51°
MatamorosMexico 11:0012:17:21 – 12:21:11 3 min 50 s70°
EuclidUnited States 13:5915:14:00 – 15:17:49 3 min 50 s48°
RichmondUnited States 13:5215:07:56 – 15:11:45 3 min 49 s52°
GarlandUnited States 12:2313:41:09 – 13:44:59 3 min 49 s65°
ClevelandUnited States 13:5915:13:43 – 15:17:32 3 min 49 s49°
CollinwoodUnited States 13:5915:13:55 – 15:17:44 3 min 49 s49°
GlenvilleUnited States 13:5915:13:50 – 15:17:39 3 min 49 s49°
WilloughbyUnited States 13:5915:14:12 – 15:18:01 3 min 49 s48°

What was happening that day

Solar eclipse: A total solar eclipse takes place at the Moon's ascending node, visible across North America.

Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 · Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

How to watch it without hurting your eyes

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Throughout the partial phase, even with a sliver of Sun left, looking without protection causes permanent retinal damage. Use only ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses. The one exception is totality: while the Sun is fully covered, and only inside the path, you can and should look with the naked eye.