When will total solar eclipse be visible in Ohio? Your guide to timing, path & more
April showers bring total solar eclipses?
Well, that’s not true, but there is a total solar eclipse coming in April 2024.
Here’s what to know about the rare spectacle that won’t happen again until 2044.
When is the total solar eclipse coming?
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will stretch across the U.S. and will be visible in multiple states.
The last total solar eclipse was in August 2017 and according to NASA, the next one won’t be seen again in the United States until 2044.
What is a total solar eclipse?
According to NASA, a total solar eclipse happens when the moon passes in between the sun and Earth, which blocks the face of the sun.
For places in the path of totality where the total solar eclipse can be fully seen, the sky will darken in the middle of the day and it’ll look like it’s dusk or very early dawn outside.
When will it be seen in Ohio?
All together, the eclipse will be fully visible anywhere from one to four minutes in the U.S., but it depends on your specific location for the timing during the day. According to NASA, Mexico will be able to see the eclipse for a little more than four minutes.
The interactive map by National Solar Observatory (NSO) shows the exact path of the total solar eclipse and nearly half of Ohio is on that path.
According to NSO, Youngstown will have a 99.92% eclipse. The total duration of the eclipse experience in Youngstown will be around two hours and 29 minutes. The eclipse will be visible at 2 p.m., at its maximum at 3:16 p.m. and complete by 4:29 p.m.
If anything less than a total eclipse just won’t do, you’re less than a 30-minute drive from the right place. Anywhere northeast of Girard will experience the total eclipse.
Like Youngstown, Girard’s view of the eclipse will start at 2 p.m. and be a total eclipse by 3:16 p.m. The experience will be over and done by 4:29 p.m.
More about the path
The NSO interactive map also shows the path of totality that stretches from Mexico to the United States.
Specifically, the eclipse will enter the U.S. in Texas and travel through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
The eclipse will end in Canada, with it coming through Southern Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
Are you excited about the total solar eclipse? Comment below or email me at cmadden@mcclatchy.com
This story was originally published April 1, 2024 at 1:48 PM.
