Eclipse Maps
Two solar eclipses will occur in the U.S. in the span of about six months, the first, an annular solar eclipse, on October 14, 2023, and the second, a total solar eclipse, on April 8, 2024. Because the 2023 eclipse will travel from northwest to southeast and the 2024 eclipse will travel from southwest to northeast, the two paths cross each other over Texas. For comparison purposes, the maps below show a national and regional view of the paths of annularity and totality over the U.S. To experience the annular, or "ring of fire," phase of the 2023 eclipse or the total phase of the 2024 eclipse, you must be located within the path of annularity or totality represented on the map below for that eclipse. Areas outside the path of annularity or totality will get a partial solar eclipse only.
ECLIPSE STORE
Solar Eclipses of October 14, 2023, and April 8, 2024
USA — NATIONAL
USA — REGIONAL
UPCOMING ECLIPSES
SEE A MAP OF ALL 21ST CENTURY TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES IN THE CONTIGUOUS U.S.
AUSTRALIA/ASIA - HYBRID SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - APRIL 20, 2023
USA/CENTRAL AMERICA/SOUTH AMERICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAPS - OCTOBER 14, 2023
MEXICO/USA/CANADA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAPS - APRIL 8, 2024
SOUTH AMERICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - OCTOBER 2, 2024
ANTARCTICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - FEBRUARY 17, 2026
RUSSIA/GREENLAND/EUROPE - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - AUGUST 12, 2026
SOUTH AMERICA/AFRICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - FEBRUARY 6, 2027
AFRICA/EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - AUGUST 2, 2027
SOUTH AMERICA/EUROPE/AFRICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JANUARY 26, 2028
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JULY 22, 2028
AFRICA/EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/ASIA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JUNE 1, 2030
AFRICA/AUSTRALIA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - NOVEMBER 25, 2030
AFRICA/ASIA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - MAY 21, 2031
CENTRAL AMERICA - HYBRID SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - NOVEMBER 14, 2031
SOUTHERN OCEAN - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - MAY 9, 2032
RUSSIA/USA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - MARCH 30, 2033
AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST/ASIA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - MARCH 20, 2034
SOUTH AMERICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - SEPTEMBER 12, 2034
NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - MARCH 9, 2035
ASIA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - SEPTEMBER 2, 2035
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JULY 13, 2037
CARIBBEAN/AFRICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JANUARY 5, 2038
SOUTH AMERICA/CARIBBEAN/AFRICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JULY 2, 2038
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - DECEMBER 26, 2038
USA/CANADA/GREENLAND/EUROPE - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JUNE 21, 2039
ANTARCTICA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - DECEMBER 15, 2039
AFRICA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - APRIL 30, 2041
ASIA/PACIFIC - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - OCTOBER 25, 2041
ASIA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - APRIL 20, 2042
ASIA/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - OCTOBER 14, 2042
RUSSIA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - APRIL 9, 2043
SOUTHERN OCEAN - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - OCTOBER 3, 2043
SOUTHERN OCEAN - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - FEBRUARY 28, 2044
GREENLAND/CANADA/USA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - AUGUST 23, 2044
NEW ZEALAND/PACIFIC - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - FEBRUARY 16, 2045
USA/CARIBBEAN/SOUTH AMERICA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - AUGUST 12, 2045
PAST ECLIPSES
SEE A MAP OF ALL 20TH CENTURY TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES IN THE CONTIGUOUS U.S.
ANTARCTICA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - DECEMBER 4, 2021
CANADA/GREENLAND/RUSSIA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JUNE 10, 2021
SOUTH AMERICA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - DECEMBER 14, 2020
AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST/ASIA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JUNE 21, 2020
MIDDLE EAST/ASIA/PACIFIC - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - DECEMBER 26, 2019
SOUTH AMERICA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - JULY 2, 2019
USA - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAPS - AUGUST 21, 2017
SOUTH AMERICA/AFRICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - FEBRUARY 26, 2017
AFRICA - ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
ASIA/PACIFIC - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE MAP - MARCH 9, 2016
Enjoy the Solar Eclipses in the TX Hill Country!
Get Ready for two total Solar Eclipses Coming to the US in 2023 & 2024
IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO START PLANNING FOR THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES
On October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will begin over the Pacific Ocean and will reach the USA at Oregon. After passing through California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico, the path of annular solar eclipse will bisect Texas.
In 2024, locations in Texas that fall within the path will experience totality for two minutes to nearly five minutes.
According to NationalEclipse.com, "The centerline of the eclipse enters Texas, and the U.S., as it crosses the Rio Grande River at the Mexico-U.S. border at approximately 12:10pm CDT, with totality beginning in that location at about 1:27pm CDT.
As it exits Mexico and enters the U.S., traveling through the Texas Hill Country, the eclipse will have already reached its "point of greatest duration," that singular spot along every total solar eclipse centerline where the duration of totality is longer than anywhere else. That point is also the duration of totality "tipping point," meaning that the duration gradually increases along the centerline up until that point and then starts to decrease on the other side. In other words, for the 2024 eclipse, the duration of totality is all downhill in the U.S., with the longest durations in Texas and the shortest in Maine. Therefore, the path of totality in Texas will be considered a prime viewing destination on April 8. And since the point of greatest duration in Mexico is only a little more than 300 miles to the south of where the path of totality enters the U.S., the duration of totality on the centerline will only be a few seconds short of the eclipse maximum of 4 minutes and 28 seconds even a couple of hundred miles north of the border.
If the longest durations of totality in the U.S. wasn't enough, Texas is also widely considered to have the best eclipse-day weather prospects in the country. More specifically, eclipse weather forecasting site eclipsophile.com points out that, in Texas, "the north [or west] side of the track has a notably sunnier April climate than the south [or east]." In general, the farther south you are for this eclipse, the better your weather odds. And you can't get any farther south along the path of totality in the U.S. than Texas."