Eclipse 2024 in North America
Whether you are in Mexico, the United States or Canada, you are set for a fascinating cosmic event. The Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 will be witnessed this April 8 by over 37 million people who will be in its path in the three countries that make North America.
The two northern Maria Islands, Islas Marías, in Mexico will be the first inhabited places to see the Total Solar Eclipse in North America.** The first continental city to witness the event in North America will be the mid-size city of Mazatlán in the sate of Sinaloa, Mexico. The path of the eclipse will let people in well known cities in Mexico, the United States, and Canada see the cosmic spectacle.
These are some places where to see the totality of the Eclipse in MEXICO:
- Revillagigedo Islands: Socorro Island Isla Socoro – **Mexican military post, no public access
- María Islands: Maria Madre Island Isla María Madre / San Juanito Island Isla San Juanito [north Isla María Magdalena, no totality in Isla María Cleofa]
- Mazatlán / El Habal / Puerta de Canoas / El Chilillo
- El Salto
- Durango [City]
- Ciudad Canatlán / El Progreso / Nuevo Ideal / Santiago Papasquiaro
- Diez de Octubre / Rodeo / Nazas
- Francisco I. Madero [Durango] / Guadalupe Victoria / Emiliano Zapata / Cuencamé
- Torreón / Gómez Palacio Metropolitan Area
- Francisco I. Madero [Coahuila] / Concordia / San Pedro de las Colonias
- Mapimí Biosphere Reserve [Reserva de la Biósfera Mapimí ] / Laguna de Palomas / Salina Laguna de Palomas in Chihuahua State
- Laguna del Rey [Coahuila]
- Cuatro Ciénegas
- San Buenaventura / Nadadores
- Monclova / Ciudad Frontera
- Sabinas / Nueva Rosita / Palau/ Múzquiz
- Allende / Zaragoza / Nava
- Piedras Negras
- Ciudad Acuña
*Bear in mind that Mexico does not have summer savings time anymore. So most of Mexico is U.S. CST [winter time] and not CDT, but minus one hour during this time of year for the Pacific Coast in Mazatlán.
Time is based on the beginning of totality in Mazatlán, México 12:06 CST / *1:06 CDT [11:06 am local time].
It will take approximately five more minutes to reach Durango, México 12:11 CST and ten more minutes to reach Torreón, México 12:16 CST.
If you live in the United States, you will have around 20 more minutes to start seeing totality in Texas. *13:26 CDT
These are some places where to see the totality of the Eclipse in the UNITED STATES:
TEXAS
- Eagle Pass
- Del Rio
- Carrizo Springs / Crystal City / Uvalde / Hondo
- [West] San Antonio
- Kerrville / Bandera / Boerne / Lakehills
- Austin
- Round Rock / Georgetown
- Killeen / Temple / Waco
- Dallas – Fort Worth Metro [No totality in Denton]
- Corsicana / Athens
- Greenville / Bonham
- Tyler
- Mount Pleasant / Paris / Texarkana
OKLAHOMA
- Broken Bow / Idabel
- Hugo / Antlers / Rattan
- Poteau
ARKANSAS
- Ashdown / Texarkana / Hope
- Hot Springs
- Russelville
- Conway
- Little Rock / Benton
- Searcy
- Jonesboro
MISSOURI
- Poplar Bluff
- Dexter / New Madrid / Sikeston
- Jackson / Scott City / Charleston
ILLINOIS
- Cairo
- Murphysboro / Carbondale / Marion
- Metropolis
- Mount Vernon / Centralia
KENTUCKY
- Paducah
- Marion
- Henderson
INDIANA
- Evansville / Vincennes
- Terre Haute
- Indianapolis
- Marion / Anderson / Muncie
- Bloomington / Columbus / Seymour
- Richmond
OHIO
- Hamilton / Middletown [north / northwest Cincinnati]
- Dayton / Spingfield
- Lima / Findlay / Toledo
- Dublin [northwest Columbus] / Delaware / Marion
- Cleveland / Akron
MICHIGAN
- Northeast Toledo Metro Area / North Lost Peninsula
PENNSYLVANIA
- Erie
- Meadville
NEW YORK
- Jamestown
- Buffalo
- Rochester
- Syracuse
- Watertown / Fort Drum / Plattsburgh
VERMONT
- Burlington
- Montpelier / St Johnsbury
- Enosburg / Morrisville / Newport
NEW HAMPSHIRE
- Lancaster
- Groveton
- Colebrook
MAINE
- Bingham / Greenville / Guilford / Dover-Foxcroft
- Lincoln / Millinocket / Houlton
- Ashland / Presque Isle / Caribou / Mars Hill
These are some places where to see the totality of the Eclipse in CANADA:
- Leamington / Blenheim / Ridgetown / St Thomas / Port Stanley
- Brantford / Hamilton
- St. Catharines / Niagara Falls / Welland
- Quinte West / Belleville / Napanee
- Kingston / Gananoque / Cornwall
- South Montreal / Longueuil
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu / Saint-Hyacinthe / South Drummondville / Granby
- Sherbrooke
- Thetford Mines / Black Lake / Saint-Georges / Lac-Etchemin
- Miramichi / Tracadie-Sheila / Richibucto
- Alberton / Summerside / Kensington / North Rustico
- Îsles de la Madeleine [Madeleine Islands]
- Stephenville / Mouse Island / Port aux Basques
- Burgeo / Pool’s Cove
- Millertown / Buchans
- Grand Falls-Windsor / Bishop’s Falls
- Clarenville / Little Heart’s Ease / Little Catalina
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Sources:
NASA
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