No Program Total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

April 8, 2024 - No Program (Total Solar Eclipse)

To learn more details about this once-in-a-lifetime viewing opportunity from Toledo and the necessary precautions to safely view the eclipse, click here.

To put this event in perspective, the last Total Solar Eclipse in Toledo was in 1806, and the next one will be in 2099. 

According to public resources, a total solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun, so that the sky darkens as if it were dawn or dusk. In Toledo the partial eclipse will begin around 1:56 p.m. and end around 4:26 p.m., with the total eclipse beginning around 3:13 p.m. The duration will likely be somewhere around 1 minute and 47 seconds in downtown Toledo; however, start times and duration will differ depending on where you are specifically located and the weather conditions. 

Generally, locations farther south and east from Toledo will experience more totality. For example, at the interchange of I-475 and I-75, totality will last about 1m 20s. At the Cherry Street bridge over the river, totality increases to 1m 50s. At the Executive Airport, totality will last 2m 30s. If you go to Findlay, expect about 3m 40s of totality, and Sandusky will get about 3s more than that. The most totality possible is along the path's centerline, such as in Lorain or Norwalk, where totality is expected to be around 4m 27s, which is double that of the 2017 eclipse.