Total solar eclipse basics: Where is the path of totality, and what partial view can I expect in Georgia?
Weather permitting, tens of millions who live along a narrow stretch from Mexico’s Pacific coast to eastern Canada can just look skyward Monday to glimpse the total solar eclipse, as day turns to twilight when the moon blots out the sun.
The 110-miles path of the total solar eclipse will start in northern Mexico, cross 13 U.S. states and finish in eastern Canada. Anyone within 200 miles of the path will likely experience the total eclipse. Outside that distance, and you’re stuck with a partial solar eclipse.
The moon will begin creeping across the sun’s surface around 1:45 p.m. The peak of the solar eclipse near Atlanta and North Georgia arrives around 3:04 p.m. Time of the peak will vary for other locations.
To learn more, watch this video from AP about the path of totality during the eclipse.
The April 8, 2024, solar eclipse: The view from here
Georgia is outside the zone that could see the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. But weather permitting, metro Atlanta and North Georgia will see a partial eclipse. The moon will begin creeping across the sun’s surface around 1:45 p.m. Peak eclipse (near Atlanta) arrives around 3:04 p.m.
Here is a select list of cities and how much of the eclipse will be visible there, from eclipse2024.org/
- Dalton, Ga.: 88 percent
- Chattanooga, Tennessee: 90 percent
- Knoxville, Tennessee: 90 percent
- Nashville, Tennessee: 94.9 percent
- Memphis, Tennessee: 97.4 percent
- Tiptonville, Tennessee: 99.79 percent
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri: 100 percent
- Kennesaw: 86 percent
- Decatur: 85 percent
- Atlanta: 85 percent
- Athens: 84 percent
- Macon: 81 percent
- Savannah: 75 percent
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