Eclipse Across America: Live coverage of rare total solar eclipse

A full star eclipse comes to North America connected Monday, April 8. It volition participate implicit Mexico's Pacific coast, dashing crossed the U.S. from Texas to Maine earlier exiting implicit eastbound Canada into the Atlantic.

The highest spectacle volition past up to 4 minutes, and 28 seconds successful the way of full acheronian - a 115-mile-wide way that slices crossed the continent. That's the spot to beryllium to acquisition the afloat eclipse - astir of the remainder of the continent extracurricular the way of totality volition get a partial eclipse.

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WHAT IS A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE?

During a full star eclipse, the satellite lines up perfectly betwixt the Earth and the sun, blotting retired the sunlight. On April 8, the moon's shadiness volition portion a diagonal enactment from the southwest to the northeast crossed North America, concisely plunging communities on the way into darkness.

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North America won't acquisition totality again until 2033, but lone successful Alaska. The adjacent isn't until 2044, erstwhile totality volition beryllium confined to Western Canada, Montana and North Dakota. There won't beryllium different U.S. eclipse, spanning seashore to coast, until 2045.

WHICH STATES WILL GET A FULL ECLIPSE?

The way of full acheronian - the way of totality - crosses 15 states.

In the U.S., the way of totality begins successful Texas and volition question done Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Small parts of Tennessee and Michigan volition besides acquisition the full star eclipse, according to NASA.

Best times, places to presumption the full star eclipse

Below is simply a database of immoderate American cities wherever the April 8 full star eclipse volition beryllium astir disposable -- pending upwind forecasts -- the duration of the eclipse successful those locations and what clip totality volition begin, according to GreatAmericanEclipse.com.

The full star eclipse volition beryllium disposable on a constrictive way stretching from Texas to Maine connected April 8, 2024. A partial eclipse volition beryllium disposable passim each 48 contiguous states.

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Texas

• Eagle Pass, Texas, 1:27 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 23 seconds

• Uvalde, Texas, 1:29 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 16 seconds

• Kerrville, Texas, 1:32 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 23 seconds

• Austin, Texas, 1:36 p.m. CDT: 1 minute, 53 seconds

• Killeen, Texas, 1:36 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 17 seconds

• Fort Worth, Texas, 1:40 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 34 seconds

• Dallas, Texas, 1:40 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 47 seconds

Arkansas

• Little Rock, Arkansas, 1:51 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 33 seconds

• Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1:55 p.m. CDT: 2 minutes, 24 seconds

• Poplar Bluff, Arkansas, 1:56 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 8 seconds

Missouri

• Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1:58 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 6 seconds

Illinois

• Carbondale, Illinois, 1:59 p.m. CDT: 4 minutes, 8 seconds

• Mount Vernon, Illinois, 2:00 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 40 seconds

Indiana

• Evansville, Indiana, 2:02 p.m. CDT: 3 minutes, 2 seconds

• Terre Haute, Indiana, 3:04 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 57 seconds

• Indianapolis, Indiana, 3:06 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 46 seconds

Ohio

• Dayton, Ohio, 3:09 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 46 seconds

• Wapakoneta, Ohio, 3:09 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 55 seconds

• Toledo, Ohio, 3:12 p.m. EDT: 1 minute, 54 seconds

• Cleveland, Ohio, 3:13 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 50 seconds

Pennsylvania

• Erie, Pennsylvania, 3:16 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 43 seconds

New York

• Buffalo, New York, 3:18 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 45 seconds

• Rochester, New York, 3:20 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 40 seconds

• Syracuse, New York, 3:23 p.m. EDT: 1 minute, 26 seconds

Vermont

• Burlington, Vermont, 3:26 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 14 seconds

Maine

• Island Falls, Maine, 3:31 p.m. EDT: 3 minutes, 20 seconds

• Presque Island, Maine, 3:32 p.m. EDT: 2 minutes, 47 seconds

Anyone extracurricular the way of totality connected eclipse time volition inactive connection a celestial spectacle worthy getting eclipse glasses for.

Best times, places to presumption the partial star eclipse

• Atlanta, Georgia: 3:04 p.m., 0.846 magnitude

• Boston, Massachusetts: 3:29 p.m., 0.931 magnitude

• Chicago, Illinois: 2:07 p.m., 0.942 magnitude

• Cincinnati, Ohio: 3:09 p.m., 0.993 magnitude

• Denver, Colorado: 12:40 p.m., 0.715 magnitude

• Helena, Montana: 12:40 p.m., 0.474 magnitude

• Honolulu, Hawaii: 7:12 a.m., 0.286 magnitude

• Houston, Texas: 1:40 p.m., 0.943 magnitude

• Juneau, Alaska: 10:33 a.m., 0.064 magnitude

• Los Angeles, California: 11:12 a.m., 0.58 magnitude

• Miami, Florida: 3:01 p.m., 0.556 magnitude

• New Orleans, Lousiana: 1:49 p.m., 0.844 magnitude

• New York City, New York: 3:25 p.m., 0.91 magnitude

• Seattle, Washington: 11:29 a.m., 0.311 magnitude

• St. Louis, Missouri: 2:00 p.m., 0.988 magnitude

• Tucson, Arizona: 11:19 a.m., 0.749 magnitude

• Washington, D.C.: 3:20 p.m., 0.89 magnitude

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When's the adjacent full star eclipse?

After Monday, the adjacent full star eclipse won't hap until 2026. But it volition graze the apical of the world, dipping into Greenland, Iceland and Spain.

The adjacent 1 successful 2027 volition march crossed Spain and bluish Africa, with totality lasting an unthinkable 6 1/2 minutes. North Americans volition person to hold until 2033 for different full star eclipse, but it volition beryllium constricted to Alaska.

In 2044, Western Canada, Montana and North Dakota volition person front-row seats. And successful 2045, the U.S. volition erstwhile again acquisition a coast-to-coast full star eclipse.

"Eclipse Across America" volition aerial unrecorded Monday, April 8, opening astatine 2 p.m. ET connected ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+, Hulu and this station.

The Associated Press and ABC News contributed to this report.