Total Solar Eclipse 2024: Where, when and how to see
Today’s total solar eclipse (April 8) is considered the most amazing solar eclipse in hundreds of years.
Millions of people in northern Mexico, the United States and Southeast Canada will have the opportunity to observe a total solar eclipse with darkness covering the daytime sky. However, astronomy lovers in Vietnam cannot observe this phenomenon.
Specifically, the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 passes through North America and Central America, creating a completely covered straight line. According to NASA, the path of the total solar eclipse will start from Mexico, circle northeast from Texas to Ohio (USA), then Canada and return to Maine (USA). During a solar eclipse, the Moon will lie directly between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the Sun’s light.
The last time a total solar eclipse was visible in North America coinciding with solar maximum was February 26, 1979, when the total solar eclipse lasted 2 minutes and 49 seconds. The last time a long total solar eclipse occurred in North America as long as this year was on June 16, 1806, lasting 4 minutes and 55 seconds. It is expected that it will take until August 2044 for Americans to welcome a “super eclipse” like this year’s.
Today’s total solar eclipse is also the first time in 7 years that this astronomical phenomenon has been seen on land in the Americas.
