“Eclipse Across America” will air live Monday, April 8, at 2 p.m. ET on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Disney+ and Hulu, as well as on network social media platforms.
If experiencing totality during the April 8 total solar eclipse makes you hungry for another astronomical view, you may have to wait decades.
“Solar eclipses are like potato chips — once you eat one, you eat another,” said Fred Espenak, a former astronomer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and author of “Road Atlas for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2024.” Want.” ABC News.
Espenak added, “Every eclipse is unique and exciting.” “I would say it’s the most spectacular, natural phenomenon you can see with the naked eye.”
Partial lunar eclipse, October 29, 2023, in Mumbai.
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On Monday, a total solar eclipse plunged much of the contiguous United States into an eerie twilight, with the sun’s corona and array of stars visible in the atmosphere as the moon passed in front of the sun.
For the 31 million Americans who live inside the eclipse’s path of totality, the experience was brought straight to their doorstep, while millions of other eclipse chasers traveled the 115-mile-wide path for the historic day.
“Many people will definitely get the bug and join the hordes of eclipse chasers who come to see nature’s most dramatic spectacle,” said Michael Zeiler, expert solar eclipse cartographer and founder of GreatAmericanEclipse.com. Use any reasonable means of traveling around the world.” ABC News.
Next total solar eclipse in America after 2024
According to NASA, the next total solar eclipse to occur in the contiguous US will not occur until August 23, 2044, and will shadow only three states in its path, Montana and North and South Dakota.
A solar eclipse in the sky of the Planetarium of Bogotá, Colombia on October 14, 2023.
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In Canada, British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan will also experience totality, according to the agency.
Next Coast-to-Coast Total Solar Eclipse
Next year, on August 12, 2045, a total solar eclipse will stretch from coast to coast, according to NASA.
The far-reaching path of totality will cover parts of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and Georgia, the agency reports.
The October 14, 2023 solar eclipse as seen from the Luis Enrique Arrow Planetarium of the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City.
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Similar to the total solar eclipse in 2017, the eclipse of 2045 offers many Americans a chance to experience totality within their states.
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Adding to the excitement that has been building for decades, since the eclipses of 2044 and 2045 are scheduled to occur in August, the summer season increases the chances of clear, cloudless skies during the event.
Next international total solar eclipse
If you can’t wait two decades for the next opportunity to experience totality, there will be another total solar eclipse over Europe in 2026.
According to the National Solar Observatory, a total solar eclipse is scheduled to occur over the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal and northern Spain on August 12, 2026.
“Seeing a total solar eclipse is a deeply emotional experience for anyone,” Zeiler said. “And the first question you might ask after an eclipse is: When is the next eclipse? And you might want to go to Spain to watch the next eclipse in 2026.”
