Some epic events only come around once in a lifetime. We might score a second chance – if we’re really lucky. One of those events – a total solar eclipse – is set to take place above Missouri in 2024. While we’re a few years out from the big event, you might want to start making plans now. Otherwise, you won’t get the chance again, at least in Missouri, during our lifetime.
Mark your calendar for Monday April 8, 2024, and cross your fingers for clear skies. That’s when the next total solar eclipse is expected to be seen from the southeastern corner of Missouri, from south of St. Louis and into Illinois.
Eclipse map courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Although the last total solar eclipse in 2017 was visible in Missouri, the next one over Missouri won’t occur until July 16, 2178. However, if you miss the total solar eclipse in 2024, you won’t be completely out of luck.
Eclipse map courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
The United States won’t experience another total solar eclipse, after 2024, until August 23, 2044, and it will only be visible from a small section of Montana and North Dakota.
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A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes the sun, causing darkness, and its length typically varies from event to event. The total solar eclipse of 2024 is expected to last four minutes and 28 seconds.
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Areas in the path of the total eclipse will experience total darkness during that time. Several Texas cities, including San Antonio and Waco, will be the first to experience the eclipse in the United States.
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The total eclipse, which will pass through such states as Oklahoma and New York, will also travel up to Vermont, ending in Maine.
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Even if you’re in an area of Missouri that will not see the total solar eclipse, you will still get the chance to experience a partial solar eclipse.
Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Head over to the official solar eclipse website of NASA for more information.
Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Keep track of the countdown to the 2024 total solar eclipse on timeanddate.com.
Do you plan to check out the Great Total Solar Eclipse above Missouri in 2024? Let us know in the comments! Since we have a bit of time until 2024, how does a night – or more – of star gazing at River of Life Farm in Dora sound?
Eclipse map courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
Flickr/Evan Lovely
Flickr/Mark Hillary
Flickr/Greg Scales
Flickr/Dave Brossard
Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Keep track of the countdown to the 2024 total solar eclipse on timeanddate.com.
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