What to know about total solar eclipse stretching across North America on April 8

Published March 13, 2024 3:06pm ET



People will brace themselves next month to experience one of nature’s best sights: turning day into night during a total eclipse of the sun.

The record-setting astronomical event will occur on April 8 for about 4 minutes and 28 seconds, beating the Great American Eclipse that darkened U.S. skies from Oregon to South Carolina for 2 minutes and 42 seconds in August 2017.

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