Some spectacular celestial events in 2024
Randy Mann.
JAKE PARRISH/Press
This year will offer U.S. skywatchers a variety of dazzling celestial events from meteor showers, a comet fly-by and the long-anticipated solar eclipse across parts of the U.S. On April 8, the solar eclipse will pass over Mexico, then across the south-central, midwestern and northeastern part of the U.S. before concluding its North American trek over parts of Quebec and Nova Scotia, Canada.
Some of the regions to experience the total eclipse include Dallas, southeastern Oklahoma, northwestern Arkansas, southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, central and southern Indiana, northwestern Ohio, northern New York, northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire and northern Maine.
The event will last a little more than 4 minutes in Texas, but around 2-3 minutes in Canada. Solar eclipses do vary in time because the Earth is not always at the same distance from the sun and the moon’s distance from the Earth will vary by as much as 12%.
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