How to See the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Learn about the upcoming 2024 total solar eclipse and how to experience it.
When is the 2024 solar eclipse?
The total solar eclipse will take place on Monday, April 8, 2024.
NASA said that the first place in continental North America to experience totality is Mexico’s Pacific coast — around 11:07 a.m. PST.
Where is the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse?
For people who want to travel outside of the Bay Area to experience the full spectacle, this map by NASA shows the path of totality: A narrow track of about 100 miles wide ( but 10,000 miles long) that will cross three Mexican states, 15 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces. The U.S. state experiencing totality that’s closest to the Bay Area will be Texas.
What’s unique about the 2024 eclipse is that it will be the longest and most visible for the U.S. in a century. And as long as you’re within this path, you’ll experience a total eclipse of the sun.
When and where can I still see the partial eclipse in the Bay Area?
In the Bay Area, the eclipse will begin at 10:14 a.m. PST on Monday, April 8. The 'maximum bite' will be taken out of the sun at 11:13 a.m. PST to about an hour later, and the event will officially end at around 12:16 p.m. PST, according to Fraknoi.
Here in the Bay, we’ll experience about 45% of the sun’s diameter covered, and the best time to start observing the eclipse is at 11 a.m., Fraknoi said. The whole event will last about two hours, but the totality will only last up to about four minutes.
