Will you be in Shadow Land, Texas on April 8, 2024, to witness the total solar eclipse?
Imagine being able to see the Moon selling the Sun in New York or seeing the Sun’s halo created by the Corona in Missouri.
Make sure you’re on the path of totality when you go to thousands of locations in Mexico, the US, and Canada to witness the event. In this manner, you will be able to observe the Sun’s corona with your own eyes while it is still dark at noon. Still, never forget to take the appropriate safety measures.
This eclipse, which is roughly 115 miles wide, will cross from the Pacific to the Atlantic, making landfall in Mazatlán, Mexico, and then moving away from Newfoundland, Canada.
Between, it will pass through portions of fifteen US states and many places with names based on themes related to the eclipse, as found by eclipse cartographer and GreatAmericanEclipse.com date finder Michael Zeiler, who provided this information to Space.com. Zeiler claims that this is the best dataset he has ever come across.
The experience is made much more memorable by the historical significance of some of these locations for solar eclipses. Remember that you should never look at the Sun directly.
Always wear solar filters when watching a solar eclipse to ensure your safety. The only time the Moon may be seen with the unaided eye is at the precise moment of totality, when it entirely obscures 100% of the Sun’s disk. This lasts for a few minutes and only occurs along the line of totality. Follow safety precautions for the remainder of the period.
In front of telescopes, cameras, and binoculars, observers should use sun filters and wear authorized eclipse glasses. For additional information on safely watching the Sun, see our guide on solar viewing safety.
The full list of themed venues for the eclipse on April 8, 2024, along with some highlights, is provided below:
Zeiler said, ‘The best place is Eclipse Island in Newfoundland.’ Captain James Cook gave the island its name when he saw an eclipse there.
On August 5, 1766, a solar eclipse of note known as the “Color of Fire” took place. Cook would have seen it quite close to the center path if he had watched it from Eclipse Island, which is close to Bargeo. Cook used his ship’s log to accurately record the start and end times of the solar eclipse, aided by the 78% partial eclipse.
Eclipse Island has been primarily cloudy for 78% of the time since 2000, despite the fact that it might be a recreational location to see a lunar eclipse.
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Texas’s Shadow Land and Sun Valley:
Shadow Land and Sun Valley, which are situated in Red River County close to the Oklahoma border, are two locations connected to the lunar eclipse in North Texas. Seven miles east of Paris, Texas, lies Sun Valley, a town of sixty-nine people, where a replica buoy emblazoned with a red cowcatcher from the Eiffel Tower is perched atop a 60-foot pole.
From the main path, Shadow Land is located just west of the center line of totality. Rather of being an actual location on a map, the name refers to the Shadow Land lodge in Womble, Texas, a posh log lodge that is reserved during the eclipse.
Location names along the totality path:
Mexico’s Villa Corona in Durango
Local time and total time: 4 minutes, 18 seconds; 12:09 p.m. MST
Mexico’s Corona del Valle, Durango
The duration in local time and overall is not specified.
12:13 p.m. Central Standard Time; 03:33 s
Mexico’s Coahuila El Sol
Local time and total time: 1 minute, 51 seconds; 12:19 p.m. CST
Corona, Coahuila, Mexico’s Ejido Mota
Local time and total time: 3 minutes, 25 seconds; 12:24 p.m. CST
Luna, Texas
Time zone and overall length: 1:40 PM CDT; 1 minute, 23 seconds
Texas’s Shadow Land
Duration and local time: 4 minutes, 20 seconds; 1:44 p.m. CDT
Texas’s Sun Valley
Duration and local time: 4 minutes, 6 seconds; 1:44 p.m. CDT
Moon, Oklahoma
Duration and local time: 4 minutes, 16 seconds; 1:45 p.m. CDT
St. Teres County, AR
Local time and total time: 2 minutes and 47 seconds; 1:52 p.m. CDT
Missouri’s Luna
Local time and total time: 1 minute, 54 seconds; 1:54 p.m. CDT
Missouri’s Corona
Time zone and total time spent: 1:54 p.m. 4 minutes and 2 seconds CDT
Ohio’s Sun Valley
Local time and total time: 2 minutes, 27 seconds; 3:10 p.m. EDT
Michigan’s Luna Pier
Time zone and total time spent: 3:13 p.m. EDT; six moments
Moon Beach, New York, Sterling
Duration in local time: 3:21 p.m. 3 minutes and 29 seconds EDT
Maine’s Moon Island
Duration in local time: 3:32 p.m. EDT: sixty-five seconds
New Brunswick’s Half Moon Bay
Local time and total time: 3 minutes, 19 seconds; 4:32 p.m. ADT
Eclipse Canada’s Island, Newfoundland
Local time and total time: 2 minutes, 16 seconds; 5:11 p.m. EDT
‘Eclipse’ locations in the US are at the end of the path:
Towns bearing the name Grafton are in fact experiencing two eclipse events, one near Norfolk, Virginia (79% partial solar eclipse) and the other near Houston, Texas (94% partial solar eclipse), both of which are outside of the path of totality.
