A total solar eclipse will take place tomorrow. The track of totality will cross the Pacific Ocean, Mexico, the United States, Canada and the Atlantic Ocean.
A partial solar eclipse will be visible from all of North and Central America, Greenland and Iceland. The partial eclipse would be visible from Ireland and from western and northern parts of Britain shortly before sunset given clear skies.
Details of the eclipse at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center by Fred Espenak: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2024Apr08T.GIF
A partial solar eclipse has started at one location far out in the Pacific Ocean. As minutes go by, more places in the ocean will see a partial eclipse. This is the start of today's eclipse.
NASA will provide a live stream of the total solar eclipse once it starts: nasa.gov
NASA has a useful map of the teack of totality: eclipse-explorer.smce.nasa.gov
The Moon's umbral shadow has made contact with the Earth's surface at one point in the mid Pacific Ocean: a total solar eclipse has begun. The umbral shadow is now sweeping eastwards across the ocean.
The Moon's dark inner shadow is still rushing eastwards across the Pacific Ocean. It will reach the coast of Mexico in about an hour. A total solar eclipse will then be visible in parts of Mexico.
The Moon's umbral shadow is approaching the west coast of Mexico. A total solar eclipse will shortly be visible in parts of Mexico as the shadow sweeps northeastwards.
Images of the total solar eclipse from Mexico show a prominence at the edge of the Sun - an outburst of hot gas from the Sun caused by instabilities in the Sun's intense magnetic fields.
A minor partial solar eclipse will start close to sunset for me at the northwestern tip of Wales shortly. Unfortunately, the sky is completely cloudy.
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The Moon's umbral shadow will shortly cross the border from the United States into Canada. Parts of northeast Canada will experience a total solar eclipse.
The Moon's dark inner shadow will shortly reach Newfoundland where the total eclipse will take place.
Bryn Jones