Earth Sun Planets and Moons ID: 5086

A Tour of NASA’s Solar Eclipse Map for 2023 and 2024

Released on March 8, 2023

The map was updated on March 15, 2023, to correct times in Mexico along the total eclipse path.

Two solar eclipses will cross the United States in 2023 and 2024. On October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will create a “ring of fire” in the sky from Oregon to Texas. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will darken the skies from Texas to Maine. On both dates, all 48 contiguous states in the U.S. will experience a partial solar eclipse.

Watch a close-up tour of the new 2023 and 2024 solar eclipse map.

Map Credits: Michala Garrison and the Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS), in collaboration with the NASA Heliophysics Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASA’s Science Activation portfolio; eclipse calculations by Ernie Wright, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

A map developed using data from a variety of NASA sources shows both eclipse paths as dark bands. Outside those paths, yellow and purple lines show how much of the Sun will become blocked by the Moon during the partial eclipses. Learn more about the upcoming eclipses and how the map was made here.

This video zooms in to different parts of the map, explaining these and other features that describe what observers across the country can expect to see during each eclipse. Explore and download the eclipse map here.

Music Credit: “Purple Sun” by Rainman [PRS] via Universal Music Productions

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Visualization Credits

Beth Anthony (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Producer
Michala Garrison (SSAI): Visualizer
Ernie Wright (USRA): Visualizer
Vanessa Thomas (KBR Wyle Services, LLC): Writer
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support

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Data Used:

SRTM/SIR-C/DEM

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Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation also referred to as: BMNG

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/

Credit:
The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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LRO/LOLA/Digital Elevation Map also referred to as: DEM

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JPL DE421 also referred to as: DE421

Ephemeris - NASA/JPL

Planetary ephemerides

http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?ephemerides#planets

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LRO/SELENE/LOLA/TC/DIgital Elevation Model also referred to as: SLDEM2015

Model

A digital elevation model of the Moon derived from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter and the SELENE Terrain Camera. See the description in Icarus. The data is here.

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