In case you didn’t see the total eclipse in most of the WSLM Listening area earlier this week, you’ll have a good chance in seven years.
On April 8, 2024, the moon will cross in front of the sun in the Kentuckiana area and give Hoosiers a taste of a total eclipse.
Bloomington is right along the sweet spot and will experience more darkness than most everyone else around with 4 minutes 2.5 seconds of “Totality.”
First contact between the moon’s shadow and the sun is calculated to begin at 1:49p and totality is expected to occur at 4:22p.
Salem will experience only 2 minutes and 3.7 seconds of total darkness, beginning at 1:48p and totality occurring at 4:22p.
Those in Fredericksburg and New Pekin will have to watch closely. Fredericksburg will only get 59 seconds and New Pekin will get just over 30 seconds of total darkness.
Those areas to the south like Palmyra, Corydon, Clarksville, Jeffersonville and New Albany will only get to see 99 percent of the eclipse – with a sliver of sunlight showing.
Those in Louisville will experience a little more than they did this week – getting 98 percent coverage, compared to 94 percent coverage this week.
Here is a list of the other cities and towns in the area and their duration and start times (in universal time)
Bedford – 3 minutes 43.6 seconds
C1: 17:48:42.2 UT
C2: 19:04:40.5 UT
C3: 19:08:24.1 UT
C4: 20:22:16 UT
Mitchell – 3 minutes 28.8 seconds
C1: 17:48:31.5 UT
C2: 19:04:40.5 UT
C3: 19:08:09.3 UT
C4: 20:22:11.8 UT
Jasper – 3 minutes and 15.4 seconds
C1: 17:47:20.7 UT
C2: 19:03:46 UT
C3: 19:07:01.4 UT
C4: 20:21:26.3 UT
Medora – 3 minutes and 14.8 seconds
C1: 17:49:07.6 UT
C2: 19:05:20.6 UT
C3: 19:08:35.4 UT
C4: 20:22:38 UT
Brownstown – 3 minutes 12.9 seconds
C1: 17:49:22.7 UT
C2: 19:05:35 UT
C3: 19:08:47.9 UT
C4: 20:22:48.3 UT
Vallonia – 3 minutes 11.4 seconds
C1: 17:49:16.7 UT
C2: 19:05:30.6 UT
C3: 19:08:42 UT
C4: 20:22:44.6 UT
French Lick – 3 minutes 12 seconds
C1: 17:48:03.1 UT
C2: 19:04:25.5 UT
C3: 19:07:37.5 UT
C4: 20:21:55.3 UT
Seymour – 3 minutes 9.8 seconds
C1: 17:49:46.1 UT
C2: 19:05:57.3 UT
C3: 19:09:07.1 UT
C4: 20:23:04.2 UT
Paoli – 2 minutes 54.3 seconds
C1: 17:48:18.2 UT
C2: 19:04:49 UT
C3: 19:07:43.2 UT
C4: 20:22:07.4 UT
Campbellsburg – 2 minutes 50.5 seconds
C1: 17:48:45 UT
C2: 19:05:14.6 UT
C3: 19:08:05.2 UT
C4: 20:22:25.7 UT
Plattsburg – 2 minutes 43.9 seconds
C1: 17:49:07 UT
C2: 19:05:37.7 UT
C3: 19:08:21.6 UT
C4: 20:22:41 UT
Livonia – 2 minutes 25.7 seconds
C1: 17:48:34.5 UT
C2: 19:05:19.2 UT
C3: 19:07:44.9 UT
C4: 20:22:20.8 UT
Little York – 2 minutes and 4 seconds
C1: 17:49:21.6 UT
C2: 19:06:12.4 UT
C3: 19:08:16.4 UT
C4: 20:22:53.6 UT
SALEM – 2 minutes 3.7 seconds
C1: 17:48:56.1 UT
C2: 19:05:50.1 UT
C3: 19:07:53.8 UT
C4: 20:22:36.6 UT
English – 1 minute 40.9 seconds
C1: 17:47:59.1 UT
C2: 19:05:12 UT
C3: 19:06:52.9 UT
C4: 20:21:59.4 UT
South Boston – 1 minute 21.5 seconds
C1: 17:49:05 UT
C2: 19:06:20.3 UT
C3: 19:07:41.8 UT
C4: 20:22:44.4 UT
Leota – 1 minute 19.3 seconds
C1: 17:49:23 UT
C2: 19:06:37.2 UT
C3: 19:07:56.5 UT
C4: 20:22:56.4 UT
Milltown – 1 minute 15.4 seconds
C1: 17:48:14.2 UT
C2: 19:05:38.7 UT
C3: 19:06:54.1 UT
C4: 20:22:10.5 UT
SOUTHERN MOST TOTAL ECLIPSE VIEWING
FREDERICKSBURG – 59.8 seconds
C1: 17:48:33.4 UT
C2: 19:06:03.7 UT
C3: 19:07:03.5 UT
C4: 20:22:23.8 UT
PEKIN – 35.1 seconds
C1: 17:48:55.1 UT
C2: 19:06:35.4 UT
C3: 19:07:10.5 UT
C4: 20:22:38.7 UT
OUTSIDE OF THE TOTAL ECLIPSE AREA
Milltown – only 99 percent magnitude
Palmyra – only 99 percent magnitude
Borden – only 99 percent magnitude
Underwood – only 99 percent magnitude
Louisville – 98 percent
