NASA expert Nicki Rayl joined Brighter News to talk about the exciting celestial eventcreates a spectacle in the skies over Mexico and North America on April 8, it will mark the first time such an event has occurred in this part of the world for nearly seven years - and the last time one will until 2044.
"This year's total solar eclipse will be at least partially visible to all in the contiguous United States, making it the most accessible eclipse this nation has experienced in this generation," said Nicola Fox, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, in a statement.More people will be able to see the 2024 eclipse because the path of totality, or locations where people will witness the moon's shadow completely covering the sun, will be wider.
April's eclipse will also have longer period of totality than 2017 because of the moon's proximity to Earth. Totality is one of the shortest phases of an eclipse, and its duration is dependent on viewing location. Observers closest to the center of the path will experience the longest totality, and the length of that window decreases closer to the path's edge.
The longest period of totality in recent history was seven minutes and 8 seconds, and it occurred west of the Philippines on June 20, 1955, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
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