And on April 8 a total solar eclipse will be seen across Mexico, the USA and Canada.<\/p>
Find out when the next eclipse<\/a> is taking place<\/strong><\/em><\/p> The October 14 annular eclipse was a warm-up to the second event 177 days later on 8 April 2024, when a total solar eclipse<\/a> will pass across the USA, Mexico and Canada, with an estimated 32 million people living inside the path of totality.<\/p> There\u2019s even a region in Texas \u2013 including much of San Antonio \u2013 that will see both.<\/p> This pair of eclipses is the most accessible in decades.<\/p> This total solar eclipse is being called the Great North American Eclipse and is expected to be one of the most-viewed eclipses in recent history.<\/p> The path of totality will be around 190km wide, with a maximum duration of 4 minutes and 28 seconds visible in Durango, Mexico.<\/p> Totality will be seen first in Mazatl\u00e1n on the Pacific coast at 11:09 MST (17:09 UT), crossing into the US in Texas at 13:27 CDT (18:27 UT), moving up through the country, eventually crossing into Canada.<\/p> The Moon\u2019s central shadow will leave land at South Bird Island, Newfoundland at 17:13 NDT (19:43 UT).<\/p> The closer you stand to the centre of the path of totality the longer you\u2019ll be able to see totality.<\/p> But you\u2019ll also want to consider the weather, and sites further southwest have a better chance of clear skies, with Mexico having the clearest skies for the time of year.<\/p> Read our complete guide to the April 8 total solar eclipse<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p> The Moon\u2019s elliptical orbit means sometimes it blocks all but the outer edge of the Sun, leaving an annulus (ring) of light: an annular solar eclipse.<\/p> During October\u2019s eclipse, the Moon covered almost 91% of the Sun for up to 5 minutes and 17 seconds.<\/p> The path of annularity, where observers would see the \u2018ring of fire\u2019, touched land in Oregon at 09:13 PDT (16:13 UT) moving southwest until leaving Texas at 12:03 CDT (17:03 UT), before passing over Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Brazil, where it ended at 16:48 BRT (19:48 UT).<\/p> The path of annularity was up to 225km wide and the longest eclipse was off the coast of Nicaragua in the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p> Read our complete guide to the October 14 annular solar eclipse<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p> The eclipses will be visible anywhere in their paths of totality or annularity, but there are many iconic sites you might want to visit.<\/p> The map below shows a selection of parks and cities in the paths (including Roswell, home of the famous Roswell UFO incident<\/a>, New Mexico and Carbondale, lllinois, which also saw the 2017 eclipse).<\/p> You can see the paths of both eclipses in our map below. Red dots are cities along the eclipse paths; green triangles are national and state parks.<\/p>Total solar eclipse, April 8 2024<\/strong><\/h2>
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October 14 2023 annular solar eclipse<\/strong><\/h2>
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Getting the best view<\/strong><\/h2>
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