A rare โฃtotal solar eclipseโ plunged parts of โNorth โคAmerica into darkness on April 8, 2024,โค with the maximum duration of โฃtotality reaching sixโค minutesโค and 53 seconds in Mexico‘s Pacificโ coast. This event marked โฃtheโ most notable solar eclipse โคin decades for many locations across the continent.
The eclipse’s path of totality – where the Moon completely obscures the Sun – stretched from Mexico, โacross the United โStates from Texas to Maine, and into Canada. Millions were within โขthe path to experience the full affect, while a much โlarger โpopulation โwitnessed a partialโข eclipse.Solar โขeclipses occur when โtheโ Moonโฃ passes between the Sun and Earth, casting a shadow on โour planet.There are several types, โincludingโข total, annular, partial, and hybrid โeclipses, each steadfast by the degree to which the Sun is covered. โInโ a total eclipse, the Sun’s corona-normally hidden โฃby its shining โขsurface-becomes visible. An annular eclipse occurs โฃwhen the Moon is farther from Earth, leaving a ring of sunlight around it. Partial eclipses involve only a โportion of theโค Sunโค beingโค obscured, and hybrid eclipses can shift betweenโ total and annular dependingโ on the observer’sโ location.
Correspondent William E. โCordero reported โขfrom Vermont, documenting the event as โขit unfolded across the United States. The next total solar eclipse visible from the Unitedโค Statesโ will be โคonโข August 23, 2044.
