Eclipse watchers have waited more than six years since the last time a Total solar eclipse and charted its way across the United States, In 2017. after April 8 eventPrepare to wait a little longer – the next opportunity won't come anytime soon.
viewers in the so-called “The path of totalitarianism“I saw the moon Completely block out the sun – An opportunity that those living in North America will not have again for 20+ years. The next total solar eclipse in North America is not expected until 2044 and 2045.
“A total solar eclipse is one of the most amazing things anyone can see in their lifetime,” Nachum Araf, an astrophysicist at Virginia Tech, told CBS News. Arav, who watched the paths of totality in 1991 and 2017, said the eclipse “looks like a black hole in the sky.”
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Eclipse on Monday It started around 11:07 a.m. PDT on the Pacific coast of Mexico, then moved to Texas. The visibility of the eclipse has been tracked Through 15 states — Oklahoma, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire And whoamong them – before heading north into Canada and then out of North America.
Even with choppy weather in some states, millions of people from coast to coast witnessed a partial solar eclipse, with the moon partially covering the sun. However, only those who were in the path of the total eclipse experienced the darkness of the total solar eclipse.
When is the next total solar eclipse in the United States after the 2024 eclipse?
Arav said that solar eclipses occur approximately twice a year. “Eclipses occur equally across the Earth,” he told CBS News, but noted that the timing of their occurrence is not uniform. this means Eclipses can happen Within just a few years, or every few decades, in North America.
Before the 2017 solar eclipse, it was the last total solar eclipse to cross North America It was in 1979. This was the first eclipse whose total path crossed the entire continent in 99 years.
Although eclipses may appear to occur randomly, scientists can pinpoint exactly when and where they will occur.
“There is no ambiguity, we know exactly where it will land,” Arraf said.
There will be eight total solar eclipses visible from North America in the 21st century, with one occurring about every 12 years on average, Arav said.
The next total solar eclipse is expected to cross North America On August 23, 2044NASA said. However, the path of totality of this eclipse will touch only three cases, according to The Planetary Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the public interest in space.
Arav said that the upcoming eclipse will be observed mainly in Canada.
Path of the total solar eclipse in 2044
The 2044 eclipse will begin in Greenland on August 23, 2044, and will continue its path across Canada.
The total solar eclipse in 2044 will be short, and most of it will appear in Canada. It will be visible from three states in the United States: Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
The path of totality will cross Williston and Dickinson, North Dakota, and Great Falls, Montana.
Path of the total solar eclipse in 2045
Arav said that the next solar eclipse that will pass over a large part of the United States continent will be in the year 2045. In that year, the solar eclipse will darken the sky in parts of the United States, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Brazil.
In North America, the total eclipse of 2045 will be visible in many states as it moves from coast to coast. Arav said that the eclipse will start in California and move east to end in Florida, similar to 2017.
There will be several US cities where eclipse watchers can see the totality, including Reno, Nevada; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Orlando, Florida.
Future solar eclipse in North America after 2045
Scientists have predicted that eight total solar eclipses will occur in North America in the 21st century.
“Natural phenomena are like a Swiss watch,” Arav said. “We know exactly when and where they will appear.”
After a total solar eclipse in 2044 and 2045, the next total solar eclipse will occur in North America in 2078 and 2099.
May 11, 2078
This is a total solar eclipse May 11, 2078It will pass over the southern United States.
Cities include:
Atlanta, Georgia
New Orleans, Louisiana
Charlotte, North Carolina
Virginia Beach, Virginia
September 14, 2099
This is a total solar eclipse September 14, 2099It will cross a wide area of the United States.
Cities include:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
Columbus, Ohio
Fargo, North Dakota
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