Princeton University
By Liz Fuller-Wright, Office of Communications on April 4, 2024, 10:44 a.m.
On Monday, April 8, the moon will pass between the Earth and the sun for about four hours. For a few precious minutes, the moon will completely block our view of our favorite star for people in the “path of totality.” Here in New Jersey, just outside that path, the eclipse will begin at 2:09 p.m., reach 90% of totality at 3:24 p.m., and end at 4:35 p.m.
Observers lucky enough — or determined enough — to be in the path of totality will have the rarest view on Earth: the sun’s corona, including plasma tendrils streaming outwards. And because we are near the maximum point of the sun’s 11-year solar activity cycle, the corona should put on quite a show on April 8. The 2017 total eclipse, by contrast, took place near the solar minimum, so eclipse-watchers saw little activity around the sun.
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