Total solar eclipse: all about the cosmic phenomenon in North America

Earthlings will be treated to the first solar eclipse of the year on April 8 as the moon for four minutes and 28 seconds. While the phenomenon would not be visible in Asia, North America would be able to witness the spectacle.

For those wishing to watch the eclipse, a lot hinges on the weather conditions. American Space Agency NASA would live stream the grand solar eclipse, which is also likely to be visible from Mexico and Canada.

The eclipse will begin in the Pacific, cross into Mexico and then cut through Texas on a northeasterly path through 15 states before heading out over Canada and the North Atlantic.

The eclipse reaches Mexico’s Pacific coast in the morning, cuts diagonally across the U.S. from Texas to Maine and exits in eastern Canada by late afternoon. Most of the rest of the continent will see a partial eclipse.

Full solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. The next total solar eclipse, in 2026, will grace the northern fringes of Greenland, Iceland and Spain. North America won’t experience totality again until 2033, with Alaska getting sole dibs.

Then that’s it until 2044, when totality will be confined to Western Canada, Montana and North Dakota. There won’t be another US eclipse, spanning coast to coast, until 2045.

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