<Table> <Tr> <Td> During totality stars and 4 planets were visible, including Regulus close to the Sun . Mars was 8 degrees to the right, and Venus 34 degrees right . Mercury was 10 degrees left, and Jupiter 51 degrees left . </Td> <Td> Solar eclipse and star - system Regulus (upper left) viewed from Cullowhee, NC . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> During totality stars and 4 planets were visible, including Regulus close to the Sun . Mars was 8 degrees to the right, and Venus 34 degrees right . Mercury was 10 degrees left, and Jupiter 51 degrees left . </Td> <Td> Solar eclipse and star - system Regulus (upper left) viewed from Cullowhee, NC . </Td> </Tr> <P> During the eclipse for a long span of its path of totality, several bright stars and four planets were visible . The star - system Regulus was visible slightly to the west of the Sun . Mars was 8 degrees to the right, and Venus 34 degrees right . Mercury was 10 degrees left, and Jupiter 51 degrees left . </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>

When is the eclipse gonna be over