Hotels in cities in the path of the total solar eclipse on April 8 saw record revenue increases, according to a new analysis published by CoStar’s STR.
04.04.2024 - 04:35 / forbes.com
This Saturday, April 8, a solar eclipse will be seen across North America. From inside a 115-mile-wide path stretching across Mexico, the U.S., and Canada, a total solar eclipse will see the sun’s corona glimpsed with the naked eye for a few minutes as a “supermoon” covers all of the sun.
In the U.S., the “lucky” states crossed by the path of totality are Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. From everywhere outside of the path—including those states and across the rest of the country—a partial solar eclipse will be seen.
Here, I’ve gathered together 26 partial solar eclipse viewing events. For those in the western U.S., the partial eclipse will be slight, while those in northeastern states will see much more of the sun disappear behind the sun.
What you will see from where you are will depend on your exact location, but this eclipse lookup engine will show you exactly when the eclipse will start and finish and how much of the sun will be blocked at the peak of the event.
Thinking of taking a trip to see a bigger partial eclipse? Don’t waste your time. Either travel into the path of totality or stay at home. Traveling towards the path of totality to “increase the level of totality”—as I’ve heard people say—is misguided and misinformed. See the “Map of Nope.” If you’re happy to see the moon cross part of the sun (and miss out on the splendor of totality), it doesn’t make any difference to what extent the moon covers the sun. So the best advice is to simply go to the event nearest to you—no eclipse-chaser travels to see a partial solar eclipse.
I’ve specifically excluded all viewing events for a 99% partial solar eclipse in “edge” cities like Louisville in Kentucky, San Antonio in Texas, and Cincinnatti in Ohio. These cities should be making it very clear to their residents how close they are to the path of totality—and a truly mind-blowing experience—rather than promoting events that are, frankly, in the “wrong” place.
If you’re getting beyond 95%, you really should get in a car/bus/train/Uber and get to the path of totality—however inconvenient or uncomfortable you may think it is. Totality is seriously that spectacular, and—with sympathy to those who simply cannot travel—seeing a partial solar eclipse when you’re so close to experiencing totality is a tragic loss to your life’s story.
Remember: there is no “99% totality”—there’s totality in the path and no totality out of it.
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Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
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