Unless you want to travel elsewhere to see a solar eclipse in the near future, take advantage of this opportunity while you can.
DALLAS — North Texas will experience a total solar eclipse on Monday, making this celestial phenomenon truly a once-in-a-lifetime event.
North Texas hasn't experienced a total solar eclipse since 1878, and won't experience a total solar eclipse until 2317, at least along the way.
So, unless you want to travel elsewhere to see the eclipse in the near future, take advantage of this opportunity while you can.
Monday's event will leave much of North Texas exposed to total waves, at least for a short period of time.
The partial solar eclipse will begin in North Texas at 12:20 p.m. Then, a total solar eclipse will be reached from 1:40 to 1:44 p.m. After the total solar eclipse is complete, a partial solar eclipse will remain in Dallas until 3 p.m.
When was the last time there was a solar eclipse in the United States?
The last time a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse occurred in the United States was on August 21, 2017.
According to NASA, more than 215 million U.S. adults watched the celestial show in person or virtually.
Seven years ago, the trail started in Oregon and stretched across the United States, passing through South Carolina. The path ranged from 62 to 111 miles wide, according to NASA.
The total orbit in 2024 will be twice as wide as in 2017 as the Moon moves away from Earth during the eclipse.
When is the next solar eclipse in 2024?
Totality will not occur again in North America until 2033, with the only low wave occurring in Alaska. It then continues until 2044, when the total amount is limited to western Canada, Montana, and North Dakota.
A coast-to-coast solar eclipse in the United States won't occur until 2045. The eclipse will extend from Northern California to Cape Canaveral, Florida.
How often do solar eclipses occur?
Solar eclipses of all types occur more often than you might think.
NASA calculates that there are approximately 2,380 solar eclipses of all types every 1,000 years, or approximately two to three times each year. In the case of a total solar eclipse, where the moon completely covers the sun, in three years he will have two solar eclipses.
