TOPEKA ( KSNT ) – Day will turn into night across much of the U.S., including Kansas, with the arrival of a total solar eclipse later this year.
While not in the direct path of the eclipse, Kansans can expect to see the majority of the event when it arrives on Monday, April 8, 2024, according to NASA . The eclipse will cast into shadow large tracts of land across Mexico, the U.S. and Canada as the moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, making it appear as if it were dawn or dusk during the middle of the day.
KSNT 27 News consulted Brenda Culbertson, a Solar System Ambassador with NASA, to learn more about what Kansans can expect to see on the big day. She said people in northeast Kansas can expect to see the partial phases of the eclipse starting around 12:30 p.m. CST. People living in northeast Kansas will see, at most, 95% of the event when it happens.
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The eclipse will reach its peak at 1:48 p.m. and eventually end around 3 p.m. People living in western parts of Kansas can expect to see less of the event compared with those living in the eastern part of the state. If you want to get the full eclipse experience, you’d have to travel to a state that lies in its direct path such as Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine.