<P> Future total solar eclipses will cross the United States in April 2024 (12 states) and August 2045 (10 states), and annular solar eclipses--wherein the Moon appears smaller than the Sun--will occur in October 2023 (9 states) and June 2048 (9 states). </P> <P> The total eclipse had a magnitude of 1.0306 and was visible within a narrow corridor 70 miles (110 km) wide, crossing fourteen of the contiguous United States: Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina . It was first seen from land in the U.S. shortly after 10: 15 a.m. PDT (17: 15 UTC) at Oregon's Pacific coast, and then it progressed eastward through Salem, Oregon; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Casper, Wyoming; Lincoln, Nebraska; Kansas City, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee; Columbia, South Carolina about 2: 41 p.m.; and finally Charleston, South Carolina . A partial eclipse was seen for a greater time period, beginning shortly after 9: 00 a.m. PDT along the Pacific Coast of Oregon . Weather forecasts predicted clear skies in Western U.S. and some Eastern states, but clouds in the Midwest and East Coast . </P> <P> The longest ground duration of totality was 2 minutes 41.6 seconds at about 37 ° 35 ′ 0" N 89 ° 7 ′ 0" W ﻿ / ﻿ 37.58333 ° N 89.11667 ° W ﻿ / 37.58333; - 89.11667 in Giant City State Park, just south of Carbondale, Illinois, and the greatest extent (width) was at 36 ° 58 ′ 0" N 87 ° 40 ′ 18" W ﻿ / ﻿ 36.96667 ° N 87.67167 ° W ﻿ / 36.96667; - 87.67167 near the village of Cerulean, Kentucky, located in between Hopkinsville and Princeton . This was the first total solar eclipse visible from the Southeastern United States since the solar eclipse of March 7, 1970 . Two NASA WB - 57F flew above the clouds, prolonging the observation time spent in the umbra . A partial solar eclipse was seen from the much broader path of the Moon's penumbra, including all of North America, particularly areas just south of the totality pass, where the eclipse lasted about 3--5 hours, northern South America, Western Europe, and some of Africa and north - east Asia . </P> <P> This was the first total solar eclipse visible from the United States since that of July 11, 1991--which was seen only from part of Hawaii--and the first visible from the contiguous United States since 1979 . An eclipse of comparable length (up to 3 minutes, 8 seconds, with the longest eclipse being 6 minutes and 54 seconds) occurred over the contiguous United States on March 7, 1970 along the southern portions of the Eastern Seaboard, from Florida to Virginia . </P>

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