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The solar eclipse of 2024: complete details
The whole of America will see the 2024 solar eclipse today. When the position of the moon is between the earth and the sun, North America will be covered by a shadow that moves west to east at more than 1500 miles per hour along the path of totality.
That means the eclipse will be shown at a different moment and end at a different time, as will the moment of complete darkness along the path of totality. The best time to see the eclipse will depend on the location of yours; some places have more time to see the eclipse.
What will be the starting time of the 2024 eclipse?
The eclipse will emerge over the South Pacific Ocean before covering North America and its small cities, like Mexico. People can become witnesses to the moment with safety sunglasses. The lookup of the eclipse will be shown in Mazatlán at 9:51 a.m.
The eclipse will cross the borders of the U.S. and Mexico and enter Texas at 12:10 p.m.
According to the data from the N.A.S.A., which states that the people of Dallas will become witnesses to the moment of the eclipse at 12:33 p.m. The next places that will be covered by the eclipse are Oklahoma and Arkansas. The eclipse will start in Little Rock at 12:33 p.m.
Cleveland will see the eclipse starting at 1:59 p.m. Next, the darkness of the eclipse will start spreading in New York at 2:04 p.m., then it will reach northwestern Vermont and Burlington at 2:14 p.m., and the and the Canadian mainland at 3:13 p.m.
The experience of watching an eclipse will not be the be the same for everyone. In some areas, they can see the blocking of the sun by the moon, including Washington, D.C., which started at 2:04 p.m.
When will the eclipse completely reach its peak?
More than millions of people will see the eclipse and become witnesses to the moment in this year’s comparatively last eclipse of 2017, which was visible from the U.S.
Everyone experiences different means of eclipse during different blocks of time, which were about 3.5 minutes and 4 minutes. A percentage of the sun will cover two hours during an eclipse.
Mazatlán will experience a complete eclipse at 11:07 p.m., and Dallas will see the covered sun from the moon at 1:49 p.m. Little Rock will see it at 1:51 p.m., Cleveland at 3:13 p.m., Burlington at 3:26 p.m., and the remaining states and Canada will see it around 4:25 p.m.
When the sun 84.7% will be covered up by the moon, then Washington will see the fully covered sun at 3:20 p.m., Chicago will see the sun covered at 93.9% at 2:07 p.m., and New York will see the 89.6% covered sun at 3:25 p.m., which is more in comparison to the last year eclipse of 2017.
Detroit will be another country that’s seen 99.2% sun by moon at 3:14 and Boston will see 92.4% at 3:29 p.m.
When will the eclipse end?
According to N.A.S.A., the eclipse will leave North America from Newfoundland, Canada, at 5:16 p.m.
The eclipse will end in Mazatlán at 12:32 p.m., in Dallas at 3:02 p.m., in Little Rock at 3:11 p.m., in Cleveland at 4:29 p.m., in Buffalo at 4:32 p.m., and in Burlington at 4:32 p.m.
Which was the longest solar eclipse?
The longest eclipse was about 7 minutes and 28 seconds in 743 BCE. N.A.S.A. says that the next longest eclipse will be in 2186, which is about 7 minutes and 29 seconds. The next eclipse in the U.S. will be in August 2024.