MOV Eclipse: Chance to see the sun and moon together
Monday's eclipse shines through the clouds above the north bell tower of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption in Marietta. (Photo by Art Smith)
Photo by Kristen Hainkel Dan Hissem from Cairo, W.Va., watches Monday’s solar eclipse while wearing eclipse glasses at Washington State College of Ohio’s main building
Photo by Art Smith A sliver of the sun shines out from behind the moon during the peak coverage of the eclipse in the Mid-Ohio Valley Monday shortly after 3 p.m
Monday's eclipse shines through the clouds above the north bell tower of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption in Marietta. (Photo by Art Smith)
Photo by Kristen Hainkel Dan Hissem from Cairo, W.Va., watches Monday’s solar eclipse while wearing eclipse glasses at Washington State College of Ohio’s main building
Photo by Art Smith A sliver of the sun shines out from behind the moon during the peak coverage of the eclipse in the Mid-Ohio Valley Monday shortly after 3 p.m
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Millions across North America witnessed the moon block out the sun during a total solar eclipse Monday.
The eclipse's path of totality stretched from Mazatlán, Mexico, to Newfoundland, an area that crosses 15 U.S. states and is home to 44 million people. Revelers were engulfed in darkness at state parks, on city rooftops and in small towns.
Most of those in North America, but not in the direct path, still witnessed a partial eclipse, with the moon transforming the sun into a fiery crescent.
Totality's first stop on land cast Mazatlán's sparkling beaches into darkness before continuing northeast toward Eagle Pass, Texas, one of its first stops in the U.S.
Total solar eclipses happen somewhere around the world every 11 to 18 months, but they don't often cross paths with millions of people. The U.S. last got a taste in 2017, and won't again see a coast-to-coast spectacle until 2045.
In Ohio, the cities of Cleveland, Lima, Mansfield and Wooster were among those falling in the path of the totality.
The eclipse was expected to be about 96% in this region, according to Dean Hirschi, an instructor at Washington State College of Ohio who hosted an eclipse viewing party at the school Monday afternoon.
The eclipse was also broadcast live on the campus' 14-foot television screen in The Commons.