Eclipse April 8 2024 Time. The total solar eclipse of april 8, 2024, is preceded two weeks earlier by a penumbral lunar eclipse on march 24, 2024. This broadcast provided live views of the eclipse from several locations across the eclipse path, including showing the partially eclipsed sun in different wavelengths of light.
A total solar eclipse is the only type of solar eclipse where viewers can momentarily remove their eclipse glasses (not the same as ordinary sunglasses) for this brief period of time when the moon is completely blocking the sun. This visualization closely follows the moon’s umbra shadow as it crosses north america during the april 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.