18, 2017 in Metropolis, Illinois. Metropolis is located along the eclipse path of totality in Southern Illinois. Millions of people are expected to watch as the eclipse cuts a path of totality 70 miles wide across the United States from Oregon to South Carolina on August 21. . It will be a partial solar eclipse for most, but even where it’s an annular solar eclipse, the sun will never be completely blocked by the moon.
The closer a location is to the central path, the more of the eclipse it will see. That path, which is about 125 miles wide, will stretch from Oregon through Texas across nine U.S. states. Within the path observers will see a “ring of fire,” the colloquial name for an annular solar eclipse.
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