After months of excitement and anticipation, the day is finally here: The Great American Eclipse, when the moon will pass directly between the Earth and the sun, creating a rare and unforgettable celestial spectacle.
Those who are observing this eclipse from its path of totality — the viewing area where the sun’s face will be completely covered by the moon — will briefly experience an awe-inspiring false twilight in which stars and planets will appear. Those outside the path of totality will still see a partial eclipse, when the moon will cover most of the sun, turning it into a crescent shape.
Every contiguous U.S. state, plus parts of Alaska and Hawaii, will experience at least a partial solar eclipse.
No matter where you’re witnessing this historic event, you can join NASA experts for a live broadcast of the total solar eclipse as it spans North America through Mexico, across the U.S. from Texas to Maine, and out across Canada’s Atlantic coast.
NASA official broadcast: Watch on NASA for views from across the eclipse path, expert commentary, live demos, astronauts aboard the space station, and an inside look at NASA’s eclipse science experiments and watch parties across the country. The broadcast will begin at 12 p.m. Central.
NASA Spanish broadcast: NASA also will host a watch party of the eclipse in Spanish starting at 12:30 p.m. Central on YouTube.
NASA telescope feed: NASA will provide a no-commentary, telescope-only feed of the eclipse on YouTube from 12-4 p.m. Central. The telescope feed will incorporate views from multiple locations, and will be switched based on weather, the eclipse’s progress, and feed availability.
Sounding rockets feed: NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will provide a commentated livestream of three sounding rocket launches for a mission to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet. More on that mission here. The livestream will begin at 1:30 p.m. Central on NASA Wallops’ YouTube channel.
See the full list of broadcast options at science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/live/.