<Tr> <Th> Saros </Th> <Td> 139 (30 of 71) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Catalog #(SE5000) </Th> <Td> 9561 </Td> </Tr> <P> A total solar eclipse will take place on Monday, April 8, 2024, visible across North America . A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth . A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness . Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide . With a magnitude of 1.0566, its longest duration of totality will be of four minutes and 28 seconds near the town of Nazas, Durango, Mexico, and the nearby city of Torreón, Coahuila . </P> <P> This eclipse will be the first total solar eclipse to be visible from Canada since February 26, 1979, the first in Mexico since July 11, 1991, and the first in the U.S. since August 21, 2017 . </P>

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