<Tr> <Th> Saros </Th> <Td> 145 (22 of 77) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Catalog #(SE5000) </Th> <Td> 9546 </Td> </Tr> <P> The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed "The Great American Eclipse" by the media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band across the entire contiguous United States, passing from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts . As a partial solar eclipse, it was visible on land from Nunavut in northern Canada to as far south as northern South America . In northwestern Europe and Africa, it was partially visible in the late evening . In Asia, it was visible only at the eastern extremity, the Chukchi Peninsula . </P> <P> Prior to this event, no solar eclipse had been visible across the entire contiguous United States since June 8, 1918; not since the February 1979 eclipse had a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the mainland United States . The path of totality touched 14 states, and the rest of the U.S. had a partial eclipse . The area of the path of totality was about 16 percent of the area of the United States, with most of this area over the ocean, not land . The event's shadow began to cover land on the Oregon coast as a partial eclipse at 4: 05 p.m. UTC (9: 05 a.m. PDT), with the total eclipse beginning there at 5: 16 p.m. UTC (10: 16 a.m. PDT); the total eclipse's land coverage ended along the South Carolina coast at about 6: 44 p.m. UTC (2: 44 p.m. EDT). Visibility as a partial eclipse in Honolulu, Hawaii began with sunrise at 4: 20 p.m. UTC (6: 20 a.m. HST) and ended by 5: 25 p.m. UTC (7: 25 a.m. HST). </P>

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