--- title: St Louis, Missouri Total Solar Eclipse Peak Time August 2017 description: A total solar eclipse is crossing the US on Aug. 21, 2017. Here's when it will be in peak view over St. Louis, Missouri canonical: https://time.com/4902163/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-st-louis-missouri/ author: Chris Wilson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-20T12:00:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-30T12:26:54.013Z article:section: Science og:title: When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in St. Louis, Missouri og:description: Here's what you can expect to see og:url: https://time.com/4902163/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-st-louis-missouri/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc960a5262f890ec1/6988da31bc6cfc04e13e2af5/solar-eclipse-total3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sonnenfinsternis og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in St. Louis, Missouri twitter:description: Here's what you can expect to see twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc960a5262f890ec1/6988da31bc6cfc04e13e2af5/solar-eclipse-total3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in St. Louis, Missouri by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/) and [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) Aug 20, 2017 12:00 PM UTC  The sun is eclipsed by the moon in Sinsheim, Germany on August 11, 1999. The sun is eclipsed by the moon in Sinsheim, Germany on August 11, 1999.Volker Dziemball—AP by [Chris Wilson](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/) and [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) Aug 20, 2017 12:00 PM UTC The [total solar eclipse ](http://time.com/4750899/total-solar-eclipse/)will be in peak view at 1:17 p.m. CDT in St. Louis, Missouri on Aug. 21, 2017\. Those watching the eclipse in St. Louis can expect a [total view of the eclipse](http://time.com/4834676/total-solar-eclipse-2017-rare/). Check out the interactive below, or type in your zip code to see what the [eclipse](http://time.com/4829265/total-solar-eclipse-beauty-science/) will look like from your location. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4902163/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-st-louis-missouri/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4902163/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-st-louis-missouri/"},"headline":"When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in St. Louis, Missouri","datePublished":"2017-08-20T12:00:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:26:54.013Z","description":"Here's what you can expect to see","url":"https://time.com/4902163/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-st-louis-missouri/","keywords":["Eclipse","onetime","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc960a5262f890ec1/6988da31bc6cfc04e13e2af5/solar-eclipse-total3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc960a5262f890ec1/6988da31bc6cfc04e13e2af5/solar-eclipse-total3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sonnenfinsternis","caption":"Sonnenfinsternis","creditText":"Volker Dziemball—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/eclipse/","name":"Eclipse"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4902163/what-time-is-the-total-solar-eclipse-st-louis-missouri/","name":"When to Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in St. Louis, Missouri"}}]}] ```