When looking at the interactive map for the April 8 total solar eclipse, you can see the path of totality stretch from a part of Mexico's Pacific Coast through Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky ...

If you were awe-struck by the total solar eclipse that millions witnessed on April 8, 2024, there's bad news: you may not catch another in the US.

The track of the moon's shadow across Earth's surface is called the path of totality, and to witness the April 8 total solar eclipse in totality, viewers must be within the 115-mile-wide path.

The first solar eclipse since April 8's total in North America, the "ring of fire" on October 2, 2024, will be seen from the Pacific, South America and the Atlantic.