the 2017 eclipse started at the south carolina coast in the contiguous united states.
the 2017 eclipse started at the south carolina coast in the contiguous united states.
where did the 2017 eclipse start in the contiguous united states?
the south carolina coast
prior to this event, no solar eclipse had been visible across the entire contiguous united states since june 8, 1918; not since the february 1979 eclipse had a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the mainland united states. the path of totality touched 14 states, and the rest of the u.s. had a partial eclipse. the area of the path of totality was about 16 percent of the area of the united states, with most of this area over the ocean, not land. the event's shadow began to cover land on the oregon coast as a partial eclipse at 4:05 p.m. utc (9:05 a.m. pdt), with the total eclipse beginning there at 5:16 p.m. utc (10:16 a.m. pdt); the total eclipse's land coverage ended along the south carolina coast at about 6:44 p.m. utc (2:44 p.m. edt). visibility as a partial eclipse in honolulu, hawaii began with sunrise at 4:20 p.m. utc (6:20 a.m. hst) and ended by 5:25 p.m. utc (7:25 a.m. hst).
solar eclipse of august 21, 2017
this was the first total solar eclipse visible from the united states since that of july 11, 1991—which was seen only from part of hawaii—and the first visible from the contiguous united states since 1979. an eclipse of comparable length (up to 3 minutes, 8 seconds, with the longest eclipse being 6 minutes and 54 seconds) occurred over the contiguous united states on march 7, 1970 along the southern portions of the eastern seaboard, from florida to virginia.
solar eclipse of august 21, 2017