--- title: How to Watch the Solar Eclipse—And Where description: The great solar sky show will be the last to hit the mainland U.S. until 2044. Here's where to see it. canonical: https://time.com/6835995/how-to-watch-solar-eclipse-cities/ author: Jeffrey Kluger article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-02-28T17:05:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:50:32.587Z article:section: Science og:title: Where You Can Watch the Solar Eclipse og:description: The great solar sky show will be the last to hit the mainland U.S. until 2044. 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When a total solar eclipse transforms day into night on April 8, researchers will be standing by to observe how animals’ routines at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas are disrupted._  by [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/)  ## Jeffrey Kluger Editor at Large Feb 28, 2024 5:05 PM UTC  People are seen as they watch a total solar eclipse through protective glasses in Madras, Oregon on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. People are seen as they watch a total solar eclipse through protective glasses in Madras, Oregon on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. NASA/Aubrey Gemignani  by [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/)  ## Jeffrey Kluger Editor at Large Feb 28, 2024 5:05 PM UTC The big map in the little shop in Casper, Wyo., was drawing a lot of attention when I visited on Aug. 20, 2017\. A solar eclipse was coming the next day, with totality occurring at 11:43 a.m. Mountain Time. [Our TIME reporting and video crew](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo%5FgzW84AXY) had arrived to cover the event and we selected Casper out of all of the cities and towns across the eclipse’s path, from [Salem, Ore., through Carleston, S.C.](https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2017-august-21), because it has a very low likelihood of cloud cover at that hot and dry time of year. The owner of the little shop had invited guests to place a pin in the map to mark where they lived—and, by extension, how far they’d traveled to see the magnificent sky show. The U.S. portion of the map was almost completely obscured by little plastic pinheads. But every continent in the world except Antarctica was represented too—and the eclipse did not disappoint. The sky was indeed almost entirely clear. Totality was reached precisely when the astronomers had said it would be. And the eerie disappearance of the sun—even when we knew what caused it and the exact second it was coming—was a reminder of why the ancients were so terrified when they witnessed such an event. Now, [another total eclipse](https://time.com/6691534/first-solar-eclipse-2024/) is on the way—set to occur on Monday, April 8, 2024\. An eclipse is always a must-see phenomenon, but this one is especially so, because it will be the last to touch the U.S. mainland until 2044\. If you’re in the path of totality, simply step outside and look up (wearing protective eyewear, of course, until the sun is completely obscured). If you’re not in the path, if at all possible get yourself there. In big and little ways you’ll never be quite the same. So where do you need to go if you indeed want to watch? The event will begin in the U.S. when the total eclipse shadow [crosses from Mexico into Del Rio, Texas](https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/park-information/links/eclipse-viewing#:~:text=Total%20eclipse%20%E2%80%93%20Monday%2C%20April%208,from%20Del%20Rio%20to%20Texarkana.), in the southwestern part of the state, at 1:27 p.m. local time. The path of totality, which will then proceed northeast into New England, will be narrow—just 185 km (115 mi) wide, but most of the country will see the sun at least partly blotted out and get at least some darkness. NASA provides [an abbreviated list](https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/) of cities lying in the path of totality, including Dallas, which will see maximum darkness at 1:42 p.m.; Isabel, Okla. at 1:47 p.m.; Little Rock, Ark. at 1:52 p.m.; Poplar Bluff, Mo. at 1:56 p.m.; Paducah, Ky., at 2:01 p.m.; Carbondale, Ill. at 2:01 p.m.; Evansville, Ind., at 2:04 p.m.; Cleveland, Ohio., at 3:04 p.m.; Erie, Pa. at 3:18 p.m.; Buffalo, N.Y. at 3:20 p.m.; Burlington, Vt., at 3:27 p.m.; Lancaster, N.H., at 3:29 p.m.; and Caribou, Maine., at 3:33 p.m. (all times are local). **Read more:** [_Here’s Where You Can See Every Total Solar Eclipse for the Next 50 Years_](https://time.com/4897581/total-solar-eclipse-years-next/) A much more comprehensive [National Eclipse](https://nationaleclipse.com/maps.html) site surveys things in a more granular, state-by-state and town-by-town way. Live in Plano, Texas; Hugo, Okla.; DeQueen, Ark.; West Plains, Mo.; Tamms, Ill.; Henderson, Ky.; New Harmony, Ind.; New Paris, Ohio; North Springfield, Pa.; Chautauqua, N.Y.; Stowe, Vt.; Stewartstown, N.H.; or Jackman, Maine? This site’s got you covered. Other sites, including [Astronomy Magazine](https://www.astronomy.com/observing/astronomys-atlas-maps-totality/), the [Great American Eclipse](https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/eclipse-maps-and-globe), the [National Solar Observatory](https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2024/), and [many more](https://www.google.com/search?q=eclipse+viewing+map+and+places&sca%5Fesv=8e2900279786af30&rlz=1C5GCEM%5Fen&ei=xUPfZcmlBc-1ptQP8N2f4Ak&ved=0ahUKEwiJnNj-n86EAxXPmokEHfDuB5wQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=eclipse+viewing+map+and+places&gs%5Flp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1) provide similar information and path-tracking. If you do make your way to the magical, 115-mi. darkness band, there are a great many things to notice during the three or so minutes of totality: feel the temperature drop, notice the breeze pick up, listen as the birds stop chirping, watch as the drivers flick their headlights on. And do stay silent—beyond, perhaps, the occasional and involuntary gasp. A total eclipse is best experienced quietly, thoughtfully, even reverently—and it’s best grabbed whenever the heavens offer it up to us. If you’re 15, you’ll be old enough to run for president the next time one returns to the U.S. mainland; if you’re 20, you’ll be middle-aged; if you’re 45, you’ll be retirement age; if you’re 70, you’ll be 90\. Eclipses are gifts. As with any gift, it’s gracious to accept them when they’re presented to you—and to think about responding with a quiet bit of thanks. ## Transcript While most people will be looking up at the Sun during the April 8th total eclipse researchers at the Fort Worth Zoo in Texas will be looking at the animals animal behavior is only actually a small part of the research we do mostly we study skulls and we do dissections of animal atom heart stone roses following up on studies done at a South Carolina Zoo that was in the path of total darkness in 2017. There was just this amazing opportunity where we were in 2017 to to see these animals are interesting animals and in this interesting phenomenon that was about to happen. And so we put together a study during that and I think I've basically became hook but more rigorous scientific study is newer one of the animals we watched was the Komodo dragon with your magnificent. They're the biggest lizard. They're amazing there a little bit scary, but they don't do anything like it in general a Komodo dragon sit still for all. List all hours of the day and absorbs the Sun and maybe it's digesting the Komodo dragon. We were watching before the 2017 Eclipse. It literally didn't move at all. We watched it all day Saturday. We watch it all day Sunday, then the eclipse was on Monday and just in those couple minutes during the eclipse it started running around and had a reaction some of the animals behaved as evening had to come so they went into their nighttime routine the Gorillaz they spend their day outside and then at night they're moved into like an indoor enclosure where they get their final food and then they go to sleep and in the middle of the day the whole group of guerrillas wandered over towards the the enclosure as if to be able to be let in at night call for citizen scientist to observe animals, even your own pets this time around we're going to look at some of the same types of animals. So we're going to look at a different group of gorillas and see if they behave the same way as pretty we're going to look at another group of giraffe. It sounds like a lot of what we know about animal behavior during eclipses is hard to believe and yes, most of it is based on one person's observations of potentially one animal, but the only way that we can confirm this stuff is to take every opportunity that we can to go out and and witness at ourselves. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6835995/how-to-watch-solar-eclipse-cities/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6835995/how-to-watch-solar-eclipse-cities/"},"headline":"Where You Can Watch the Solar Eclipse","datePublished":"2024-02-28T17:05:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:50:32.587Z","description":"The great solar sky show will be the last to hit the mainland U.S. until 2044. 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