Episode 2530
Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024
Sat, 2024-Apr-06 01:28 UTC
Length - 2:41
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A total solar eclipse will take place at the Moon's ascending node on Monday, April 8, 2024, visible across North America and dubbed the Great North American Eclipse by some media. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs only in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.
Occurring only one day after perigee (perigee on Sunday, April 7, 2024), the Moon's apparent diameter will be 5.5% larger than average. With a magnitude of 1.0566, its longest duration of totality will be of 4 minutes and 28.13 seconds near the Mexican town of Nazas, Durango, (about 4 mi (6 km) north), and the nearby city of Torreón, Coahuila.
This eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse to be visible in the provinces of Canada since February 26, 1979, the first in Mexico since July 11, 1991, and the first in the United States since August 21, 2017. It will be the only total solar eclipse in the 21st century where totality will be visible in Mexico, the U. S., and Canada. It will also be the last total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous United States until August 23, 2044.
The final solar eclipse of the year will occur six months later, on October 2, 2024.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:28 UTC on Saturday, 6 April 2024.
For the full current version of the article, see Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 on Wikipedia.
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