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2024 Solar Eclipse: These Missouri cities offer longest totality
By Joey Schneider,
2024-03-28
ST. LOUIS ( KTVI ) — To truly make the most of your experience around the April 8 solar eclipse, you will want to find somewhere in the path of totality.
A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and the planet Earth. Totality happens during stages of the eclipse in which the moon’s shadow completely blocks the sun. Weather permitting, those in the path of totality will see the sky darken like a dawn or dusk color for a short period of time.
That’s not quite the case for St. Louis or most communities within the Greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area . However, to see the eclipse in totality, you won’t have to travel too far away.
Southeast Missouri is considered prime spots for the eclipse. NASA projects somewhere between four to five minutes of totality for various cities within both states.
According to NASA’s projections on NationalEclipse.com , several cities, villages, towns and unincorporated communities in Missouri will offer at least two minutes of totality come eclipse day. These are among them…
Missouri
CITY
COUNTY
TOTALITY TIME
TOTALITY BEGINS
Doniphan
Ripley
4:12
1:55:28 p.m.
Poplar Bluff
Butler
4:08
1:56:21 p.m.
Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau & Scott
4:06
1:58:22 p.m.
Silva
Wayne
4:02
1:56:46 p.m.
Benton
Scott
3:54
1:58:09 p.m.
More cities with totality times beyond three minutes : West Plains, Van Buren, Malden, Dexter, Sikeston, Benton, Perryville
More cities with totality times beyond two minutes : Eminence, Mountain View, Kennett, Arcadia, Farmington
Also worth noting
When the moon completely covers the sun in a totality phase of the solar eclipse, it is safe to look directly at the phenomenon without wearing glasses. In partial phases of the solar eclipse, it is unsafe to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection, such as certified eclipse glasses or handheld solar viewers.
Totality and eclipse impacts will come between the 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. CT hours on April 8 in Missouri. To find out more about eclipse timing and phases in your area, use this zip code tracker from USA Today .
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