![]() ![]() ![]() Many of these are also designated International Dark Sky Parks. Leah Tiscione / Sky & Telescope source: Fred EspenakĬrucially for amateur astronomers and stargazers in the U.S., the path crosses 29 national parks, state parks, and other protected wilderness areas. The blue lines indicate the fraction of the Sun’s diameter covered by the Moon. On October 14, 2023, the Moon’s antumbral shadow travels along a track that extends from the Pacific to the Atlantic - a journey lasting 3 hours and 34 minutes. The shadow then hops over the Gulf of Mexico before passing down through Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, and northwestern Brazil. It then moves across the northeastern tip of California northern Nevada the “four corners” where New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah meet and then diagonally across New Mexico and Texas. The Milky Way arcs over the Delicate Arch in Arches in National Park.Īn annular solar eclipse is typically of limited interest even to committed eclipse-chasers, but on October 14, 2023, this “ring of fire” will be visible from some of the most alluring landscapes in North America.įor a maximum of 5 minutes, 17 seconds, it will be possible to see a ring around the new Moon from a wider-than-average track that first makes landfall in southern Oregon.
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