Arches National Park will see a total solar eclipse in 2045.
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The “Great North American Eclipse” is over—now prepare for the “Greatest American Eclipse.”
The 4 minutes 26 seconds of totality that was experienced during April 8’s total solar eclipse was the longest on land since 2010 anywhere in the world. Most totalities last about two minutes or so.
That makes the next coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in the U.S. special.
On August 12, 2045, a whopping 6 minutes and 4 seconds of totality will be possible from Florida—the nation’s “Greatest American Eclipse.”
It’s why you need to stay alive until 2045—and it’s the “best” eclipse on the celestial schedule for America’s “Generation Eclipse.”
A map showing the path of totality on August 12, 2045.
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Eclipse 2045: Path Of Totality
A mighty 318 miles/256 kilometers wide on average, the path of totality on August 12, 2045, will stretch through 12 U.S. states:
California
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri (just slightly)
Texas (just slightly)
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
After traveling through the U.S. the moon’s shadow will hit Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname and Brazil.
NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex entrance sign in Cape Canaveral, Florida
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Eclipse 2045: Where To Watch
Rather like April 8’s eclipse, the 2045 total solar eclipse will come to many large U.S. cities—Reno, Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
Here are a few notable places to watch it from:
Mount Shasta, California: 1 minute 17 seconds
Great Basin National Park. Nevada: 2 minutes 22 seconds
Arches National Park, Utah: 4 minutes 15 seconds
Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: 5 minutes 10 seconds
Disneyworld, Orlando: 6 minutes 2 seconds
Kissimmee Prairie State Park, Florida: 5 minutes 58 seconds
Kennedy Space Center, Florida: 4 minutes 20 seconds
Port Saint Lucie, Florida: 6 minutes 4 seconds (where totality will last the longest in the U.S.)
Pikes Peak wil see totality in 2045.
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Eclipse 2045: Oddities
The path of totality in 2045 will cross the path of totality that occurred on April 8 in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Little Rock will see 5 minutes 42 seconds of totality just 21 years after seeing 2 minutes 20 seconds in 2024. Since a total solar eclipse usually only occurs in the same place every 366 years on average, it beats the odds. The two centerlines of the 2024 and 2045 eclipses cross in Ouachita National Forest, with other places to experience twin totalities including Smithville, Big Cedar, Hodgen and Page in Oklahoma and Mena, Hot Springs, Conway, Morrilton, Russellville, Clarksville, Heber Springs and Searcy in Arkansas.
Much like the 2024 total solar eclipse followed in 2017 in the U.S, the 2045 event will be followed less than seven years later by March 30, 2052. On that day, a 4-minute and 8-second totality will come to Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
A map showing the path of totality on March 30, 2033.
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Eclipse 2045: The Next Eclipse?
Although the total solar eclipse in 2045 is the next one in the U.S. to get excited by, it is not the next eclipse. In fact, on March 30, 2033, a total solar eclipse will come to Alaska (as well as to Siberia in Russia), with St. Lawrence Island, Barrow/Utqiagvik, Kotzebue and Nome the best places to be for a totality lasting up to 2 minutes 37 seconds. That time of year is also peak season for the aurora borealis, though finding a clear sky may be challenging.
The 2045 eclipse isn’t even the next total solar eclipse in the contiguous U.S.—that honor goes to one on August 22, 2044, in Montana and the Dakotas (though the places to be will be Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Calgary and Edmonton in Canada). A totality lasting as long as 2 minutes 4 seconds will be seen from Greenland, northern Canada, and in the U.S.
Meanwhile, take yourself around the world by witnessing a ”Great Un-American Eclipse.”
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
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