Mapping Two Solar Eclipses

Map of the path of the annular eclipse on October 14, 2023, across the American Southwest.
Michael Zeiler, GreatAmericanEclipse.com

Two upcoming solar eclipses in North America—the annular eclipse on October 14, and the total eclipse on April 8, 2024—are the subject of numerous eclipse maps that track the path of totality and its duration along that path.

NASA’s Solar Eclipse Explorer currently focuses on this month’s annular eclipse, with paths of the 2017 and 2024 eclipse for comparison. [Maps Mania]

The Eclipse Company has separate maps for this month’s annular eclipse and next April’s total eclipse: these maps include data for locations along the path, including time, duration, the sun’s altitude and chance of clouds based on historical weather data. [PetaPixel]

The last time I went looking for eclipse maps, back in 2017, there was a website called GreatAmericanEclipse.com, which was the most recent of the websites showcasing the eclipse maps of Michael Zeiler. It’s still very much a going concern, with maps covering North America, individual U.S. states, and detailed maps of the path itself. These are static maps rather than the above interactive maps, but there are a lot of them, and not just for this month’s annular and next year’s total eclipse: there’s a fair bit of historical (and future!) eclipse maps there too.

Update 10:20 PM: Andy Woodruff’s scrolling map of the 2024 eclipse.

Previously: An Almost-Too-Late Roundup of Historical and Unusual Eclipse Maps; Mapping the August 2017 Solar Eclipse; Another Solar Eclipse Website; Michael Zeiler’s Solar Eclipse Map Website; Eclipse Maps.