If you were stuck inside Monday and missed the eclipse, don't worry. You still have a chance to experience a total eclipse of the sun in a seven years.
Mark April 8, 2024, on your calendar. On that date, a total solar eclipse will traverse the United States from Austin, Texas to Burlington, Vermont.
While none of Massachusetts is within the path of totality, Upstate New York, the upper half of Vermont and parts of New Hampshire and Maine will be.
For those who need a primer on eclipses and the associated lingo: A solar eclipse is when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, obscuring the sun. A partial eclipse means the sun is partially obscured. A total eclipse is uncommon, happening only when the moon is totally between the sun and where a particular person happens to be standing. The “path of the totality” is the narrow lane on the planet’s surface from which a full eclipse is visible.
While it's rare that a total solar eclipse is visible from the same spot on Earth within 100 years, that will be the case for people in Carbondale, Illinois. Residents there could see the total solar eclipse Monday and will be able to do so again in 2024, according to WHIO.
The total solar eclipse in 2024 will cross through 13 states, including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, according to EarthSky.org.
If northern New England is too far to travel, you'll need to wait until 2079 for the next eclipse to hit New England. On May 1 of that year, all of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut will see the totality of the eclipse according to GreatAmericanEclipse.org.
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