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The first total solar eclipse to happen since 2017 is due to take place precisely one year from Saturday, on April 8, 2024.
According to NASA, next year’s eclipse will pass over North America, starting over the South Pacific Ocean and then stretching across Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
It will be the first solar eclipse in the U.S. since Aug. 21, 2017. After April 8, 2024, it’ll be another 20 years before a total solar eclipse sweeps across the U.S., and that one will only be visible in Montana and the Dakotas.
A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes in between the Earth and the sun, blocking out the sun’s light. Viewers can see the eclipse if they’re located where the moon’s shadow completely covers the sun — a 115-mile wide area known as the “path of totality.”
Nasa reports that Mexico’s Pacific Coast will be the first location in continental North America to glimpse the solar eclipse.
