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Countdown to darkness: 2024 total solar eclipse will stretch from Maine to Texas

By Luke Gentile
Published April 8, 2022 3:11pm ET
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Countdown to darkness: 2024 total solar eclipse will stretch from Maine to Texas
For the first time in 38 years, the contiguous U.S. will experience a total eclipse of the sun. On Monday, the path of totality will cross the U.S. from west to east, through 14 states, from Lincoln Beach, Ore. to Charleston, S.C. (All of North America -- plus parts of South America, Africa, and Europe -- will see a partial eclipse.) (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) | David Zalubowski

People from Maine to Texas will experience a total solar eclipse exactly two years from Friday.

The rarity occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun, where, for a short time, it will block the sun’s rays from reaching the Earth, according to a report.

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