Maps of the Total Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024

Totality begins in the South Pacific near French Polynesia. After crossing a vast expanse of the Pacific without any landfalls, totality reaches Mexico just before the point of greatest eclipse. At this point, totality is 4 minutes and 28 seconds. When the shadow reaches Texas, totality is still 4 minutes and 26 seconds. The path of totality in the US spans the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Canadian provinces in the path are Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, and Labrador and Newfoundland. After departing the island of Newfoundland, totality ends in the North Atlantic Ocean.

These maps were first published on GreatAmericanEclipse.com.

Fly over the 2024 total solar eclipse

This animation of the Moon’s shadow across North America simulates the view from a spacecraft 125 miles high chasing the shadow! On April 8, 2024, everyone inside the shadow will experience the breathtaking sight of the Sun’s corona during the total solar eclipse. Totality races from Mazatlan to Newfoundland.

The dark oval represents where totality will be seen at that moment. The time of eclipse is given in the local time zone. The duration is the maximum at the center of the Moon's shadow. Places near the centerline receive the longest duration.

The path narrows throughout North America because after the Moon's shadow meets the point of greatest eclipse near Nazas, Mexico, the distance from the Moon to the Earth becomes slightly longer. While the path is narrowing, the shadow is also intercepting the Earth's surface at an increasingly oblique angle. This oblique angle lengthens the shadow along the direction of the path. So this results in the shadow becoming narrower as the eclipse moves from Texas to Newfoundland while also elongating the shape of the shadow.
To see the full glory of a total solar eclipse, when daylight suddenly darkens and the beautiful corona of the Sun becomes visible, people must be inside the inner shadow of the Moon (called the umbra). Even if people are in the zone of 99% partial solar eclipse, they will experience 0% total solar eclipse. Being inside the path is essential to view totality.

The shadow moves across the United States

Watch the shadow of totality slide from Texas to Maine. This animation displays the local time, the speed of the Moon’s shadow, and the maximum duration of totality.

Totality moves across Mexico

Watch the shadow of totality slide from over Mexico from Sinaloa to Chihuahua. This animation displays the local time, the speed of the Moon’s shadow, and the maximum duration of totality.

Passage of the eclipse over Canada

Totality first touches Canada near Windsor, Ontario and cross the Atlantic provinces to Newfoundland. This animation displays the local time, the speed of the Moon’s shadow, and the maximum duration of totality.

Introduction to the total solar eclipse

The eclipse every 10 minutes

Eclipse basics

Detail maps of the eclipse

These maps are from our Field Guide to the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses by Michael Zeiler and Michael Bakich

Circumstances of the eclipse

These maps show the obscuration, times, and sky position of the eclipse. They are from our Field Guide to the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses by Michael Zeiler and Michael Bakich

Six-panel maps of the eclipse

We created this maps for a special edition of Astronomy magazine focused on the 2024 total solar eclipse.

Print maps of the eclipse

We published and sold these maps on GreatAmericanEclipse.com

Thematic maps of the eclipse

Maps of eclipse visitation

Duration and times of eclipse

Print maps of the eclipse by state

We published and sold these maps on GreatAmericanEclipse.com

Maps to find the double-diamond ring

Our maps are developed to high-accuracy accounting for the Moon’s irregular limb. We realized that we were able to calculate where the elusive and beautiful double-diamond ring effect could be seen. These are the first type of this eclipse map published.

Light pollution maps in the path of totality

Many people travel to dark sky locations where they might have a dramatic view of the Milky Way. These maps assist in finding dark locations