The Moon and the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
This video explores the role of the Moon in the 2024 total solar eclipse that can be seen in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Music provided by Universal Production Music: "On the Up" - David Stephen Westlake
Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.
On April 8th, 2024 parts of the United States, Mexico and Canada will get to experience a total solar eclipse. This video tutorial takes a look at this unique event and explains what role the Moon plays in creating it. The video explains how the two parts of the Moon’s shadow, the umbra and penumbra, affect how we see a solar eclipse on Earth, and where the path of totality for the 2024 eclipse resides. In addition, this video highlights how data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter helps us more accurately depict the shape of the umbra when creating eclipse maps.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Music provided by Universal Production Music: "On the Up" - David Stephen Westlake
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Data visualizer
- Ernie Wright (USRA)
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Producer
- David Ladd (Abacus Technology Corporation)
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Video editor
- David Ladd (Abacus Technology Corporation)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, February 28, 2024.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 3:31 PM EST.
