Solar Eclipse 2024

November 19, 2023

This video from NASA Goddard shows the path of the shadow of the Moon during the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. In this visualization, you can see where in the United States the full eclipse will occur.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, allowing the Moon's long, thin shadow to intersect the Earth's surface. The shadow comprises two concentric cones called the umbra and the penumbra. Observers on the Earth who are within the smaller, central umbra see the Sun completely blocked. Within the larger penumbra, the Sun is only partially blocked.

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