If you are going to be observing the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse (TSE) from Texas please review the image below. On eclipse day you will need to be somewhere in that shaded area, and preferably closer to the blue or “centerline” during the eclipse. It doesn’t matter whether you are in extreme south Texas or all the way up on the Red River in northeast Texas, as long as you are between the lines and again, close to the blue centerline you’ll enjoy up to 4 minutes and 20 + seconds of totality (weather permitting). That means the Moon completely covering the Sun and providing amazing views of the sun’s corona and other astonishing solar eclipse phenomena.

If you have never witnessed a TSE here is your big chance but remember to experience the totally eclipsed Sun you must be in between the shaded lines on the map above or somewhere along this path whether it be down in Mexico or farther up into the eastern U.S. or Canada. There is no almost about this! Totality only occurs between the marked lines seen on the map. But be warned, the closer you are to one of the red lines (border of totality) but still within the “path of totality” the SHORTER your totality time. This is why it’s important to try and get as close as you can to the centerline for maximum totality. The reason for the reduction in totality duration as you move away from the centerline is directly related to the fact that the Moon is round. The moon is round and so is its shadow as it falls on the Earth.