Total solar eclipse track for Aug. 12, 2045: Alabama 1 of 10 states in path of totality
You may want to hang on today’s eclipse glasses for a while longer. Maybe like 20 or so more years?
The Great North American Eclipse is cutting a path across part of the U.S. today, stretching from Texas to the East Coast. The next total solar eclipse will be on March 30, 2033 but will only include Alaska in the path of totality, or the area that will receive the greatest amount of darkness.
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The next coast-to-coast eclipse will be a year later on Aug. 12, 2045. That eclipse will stretch across the contiguous U.S. from California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. The rest of the country will see a partial eclipse.
According to nationaleclipse.com, the path of totality in Alabama will include the lower southwest half of the state before exiting towards the Panhandle and on to south Florida.
A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, blocking out the rays and creating a period – albeit short – of darkness. In the path of totality, you can expect the sky to darken as if it were dawn or dusk, NASA explains.