Solar Eclipse 2024
On Monday, droves of people donned protective eyewear and headed outdoors to catch a glimpse of the total solar eclipse.
Yurem Rodriquez watches as the moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas, on Monday. (Eric Gay/AP)
In the United States, the sun was fully covered across 15 states along the “path of totality.” For 49 states, a partial eclipse was visible. The partial eclipse began near Mazatlan, Mexico, at 12:51 p.m. ET and crossed the U.S. at 1:27 p.m. CT. The partial eclipse ends in Caribou, Maine at 4:40 p.m. ET.
This event marked the last opportunity to catch a total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. for approximately 20 years.
These are some photos of the total solar eclipse in all of its glory.
People use their cellphones as the sky darkens during a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico, on Monday. (Fernando Llano/AP)
The diamond ring effect is seen as the moon eclipses the sun in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)
Tawhid Rana, of Midland, Mich., holds his daughter Thia as she views the sun through a telescope at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on Monday. (Michael Conroy/AP)
People observe the solar eclipse, in Torreon, Mexico. (Daniel Becerril/Reuters)
The solar eclipse is seen above the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., on Monday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Children attend the eclipse viewing at Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Scott Gable for Yahoo News)
People look out toward Lake Erie and the horizon during a total solar eclipse under cloudy conditions at Dunkirk Lighthouse and Veterans Park Museum in Dunkirk, N.Y. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)
Senate pages wear eclipse glasses as they view the moon partially covering the sun during a total solar eclipse, in front of the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Brandon/AP)
People watch the partial solar eclipse as they gather on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards in New York City. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Eagle Pass, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)
Couples to be wed exchange rings just before totality during a solar eclipse at a mass wedding ceremony at Trenton Community Park, in Trenton, Ohio. (Jon Cherry/AP)
Amerika Garcia uses a pair of protective lenses to look at the sun during a total solar eclipse in Piedras Negras, Mexico. (Sergio Flores for Yahoo News)
The moon partially covers the sun during a total solar eclipse, as seen from Mazatlan, Mexico. (Fernando Llano/AP)
Joe and Ric Solis use special glasses as they prepare to watch a total solar eclipse in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)
Clouds part as a partial eclipse crosses over a church steeple in Manor, Texas. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
Wendy and Richard Erhard watch the solar eclipse from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Overlook in Cleburne County, Ark. (Brad Vest for Yahoo News)
A kid watches the eclipse from the beach in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
A total solar eclipse is seen from Mazatlan, Mexico. (Henry Romero/Reuters)
People use special protective glasses to observe a total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Henry Romero/Reuters)
A person uses two sets of glasses to see the eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)
People gather under overcast skies ahead of a total solar eclipse in Niagara Falls, Canada. (Matt Rourke/AP)
Some of the 309 people who gathered to break the Guinness world record for the largest group of people dressed as the sun pose while boarding a sightseeing boat before the total solar eclipse in Niagara Falls, Canada. (Kyaw Soe Oo/Reuters)
Adrian Plaza, 9, tests his eclipse glasses ahead of a partial solar eclipse in Queens, N.Y. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
Glasses that are being used to see the eclipse in Torreon, Mexico. (Getty Images)
People stand next to bubbles as they assemble to view a total solar eclipse in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Christian Monterrosa/Reuters)
People dance next to representations of the Earth, sun and moon at Saluki Stadium, ahead of a total solar eclipse, in Carbondale, Ill. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
Tourists sleep next to the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Junior Espejo looks through eclipse glasses being handed out by NASA in Houlton, Maine. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
People are set up at Niagara Falls State Park ahead of a total solar eclipse across North America, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the media set up at Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
A family poses for a photo with a large eclipse glasses display in front of the pagoda at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. (Michael Conroy/AP)
Judah Terlep, 4, wears a mask with solar eclipse glasses, in Carbondale, Ill. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
People at Niagara Falls State Park watch Niagara Falls and the rainbow ahead of a solar eclipse to take place later in the day, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. (Soren Larson/Reuters)
A man holding a solar eclipse T-shirt poses for a photo at Niagara Falls State Park in Niagara Falls, Canada. (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Related — The next total solar eclipse in the U.S
There are several other total solar eclipses scattered between April 8, 2024, and August 12, 2045. However, the 2045 solar eclipse will be the next one visible across most of the contiguous United States, according to NationalEclipse.com. Only three states are in the path of totality for a solar eclipse in 2044.
Viewers in what is called 'the path of totality' will see the moon completely block the sun—one of the most spectacular things anyone can see in their lifetime.
A woman in Florida claims she went on a shooting spree after being told to do so by God because of the total solar eclipse