Here’s a detailed, moment-by-moment countdown of what you’ll see during the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8.
This combination of photos shows the path of the sun during the total solar eclipse near Redmond, Ore., on Aug. 21, 2017. will sweep from Mexico to Maine, plunging rural farmland and major cities alike into a sudden daytime darkness. The sun’s atmosphere will fan outward from behind a jet-black moon in a spectacle the majority of the Lower 48 won’t witness again until the year 2045.
Around the same time, the shadows will be getting visibly sharper. During a solar eclipse, the sun’s apparent size shrinks, meaning shadows are cast from a smaller source. As a result, shadows sharpen, because the rays of light — and therefore shadows — overlap more. You’ll be seeing the edge of the umbra — the darkest part of the moon’s shadow — arriving at several times the speed of sound. When the shadow crosses into Texas from Mexico, it’ll be moving at 1,600 mph. By the time it gets to northern Maine some 68 minutes later, it’ll move at a whopping 3,000 mph.The sky will abruptly darken faster than you can possibly imagine. Each time you blink, you’ll open your eyes to a different landscape. Your eyes might struggle to adjust at first.
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