Talk:List of solar eclipses visible from the United States

Geographic extent and scope

This article might be expanded to "North America", also scope unclear, how far down to include partiality of total eclipses, or further. Tom Ruen (talk) 01:21, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

My initial thought is any partial or total eclipse that could/can be seen from the geographic area that is ultimately decided to be appropriate. However eclipses that are only barely visible as the sun is setting or rising might not be notable.  — TimL • talk 01:34, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

@Tomruen Agreed. I added Delaware and DC which were inexplicably and incorrectly listed as having no partial or total eclipses at all. but it still needs SO MUCH work Turover (talk) 02:15, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

That’s because at the time. Only total and annular eclipses were listed. I know for a fact that partial eclipses DID happen in DC (which by the way, the DC entry has ‘mysteriously’ disappeared as per some of the others on this page), you are welcome to add any that you know of from Washington, DC. 108.147.10.55 (talk) 22:10, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

I added the total solar eclipse of July 20, 1963, with its world graphic from that eclipse's Wikipedia page. Its Path of Totality went across the states of Alaska and Maine, and I believe was partially visibile from the entirety of the rest of Maine and the other 47 contiguous states, if I understand the graphic correctly. When I made the edit, I explained what I did but forgot to sign off, so I'm adding it here along with my signature. I think I changed the graphics table well, but feel free to change it if needed (or remove the eclipse if I'm wrong about where it was viewable). Prosandcons (talk) 07:19, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

July 10, 1972 seems to be missing ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.252.130.37 (talk) 00:56, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

Inconsistency

This list is inconsistent. It includes some of the eclipses visible as partial from the USA, but not all. Some of those that were total eclipses elsewhere but the path of totality does not pass through the USA are also included. Ordinary Person (talk) 01:18, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Meanwhile it does not include 1990 July 22, whose path of totality passed through US territory. Maybe this whole piece should be redefined and redone. Ordinary Person (talk) 01:35, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

The title of this page and its contents do not match. This page is not a list of solar eclipses visible from the US; it's a "list of solar eclipses whose path of totality or annularity is visible from the US." It omits eclipses where the US only saw a partial eclipse, which is quite confusing. --Grover173 (talk) 14:43, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

Inconsistent formatting

In the first section, the eclipses are mentioned by city but the paths of their totalities, annularities, and partialities, are not shown. Also important to note is that not every state is represented. Only the most populous cities are, and even then the most populous city from each state is not mentioned. In the preceding sections, they are not mentioned by city and the paths of their totalities, etc. are shown. Is there a reason for this, and if so can changes be made to reflect more consistent formatting? Keebruce (talk) 21:18, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

This article is beyond incomplete

It is beyond incomplete to the point of being misleading. It should be removed completely and begun fresh with more specific goals of what visibility means here.

A more useful definition would be that the eclipse must be underway while the Sun is above the horizon from that city and partial vs. total or annular visibility from that city should be called out. MadeYourReadThis (talk) 16:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Just completed a major edit on this article, but there is still more work to be done

Update: March 27, 2024 at 15:19 UTC: With the (now closed) deletion discussion in mind, I completely restructured the article to organize by state instead of by city. And only included eclipses in the 200 year period between 1901 and 2100.

By all means, please continue to improve and build upon this, if there are any errors in this, by all means correct them. I know there aren’t a whole lot of links, if you want to add them, you can. I did (for a while anyway) had under construction templates on there when the delete debate was happening. Those [under construction] tags may be needed again. 2601:5C5:4201:68B0:7CD6:EBEE:595E:F8EC (talk) 19:51, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Note: I put that there before I registered. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 00:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Article needs to be completely overhauled

The entire article should be rewritten in a way that provides more detail. Maybe even nix the state sections in their entirety. Also, partial eclipses should be listed maybe in the recent past (maybe since 2010 or 2015) and about 20-30 years into the future. 2601:5C5:4201:68B0:F474:42D5:8FB9:4325 (talk) 15:16, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

I will also add since everyone has started adding partial eclipses (presumably after reading my entry on the talk page) that they should add details such as how obscured the sun is (they don’t have to use an exact number like “77%” or some other exact number because someone will (and has before on the deletion discussion) swear up and down that it’s original research, just rough estimates like “70-80%” or something like that. And other details like whether or not it occurred or will occur at sunrise or sunset. 2601:5C5:4380:FD80:4DAE:1717:3C0D:C2B9 (talk) 22:00, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

And please, NO partial eclipse listings prior to about 2000 unless they are very close to totality. 2601:5C5:4380:FD80:4DAE:1717:3C0D:C2B9 (talk) 06:57, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Also, just in case someone wants to challenge my statements. Please see the maps from Fred Espenak and other maps of eclipse paths from Commons. I am NOT conducting original research!! 2601:5C5:4380:FD80:4DAE:1717:3C0D:C2B9 (talk) 16:46, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Note: I was the IP user on a lot of these entries. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 00:37, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Apparently we have a second source too. TimeAndDate also apparently has eclipse maps too. And not just Fred Espenak. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 13:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Where is Ohio?

Any other states missing? luckymustard (talk) 16:39, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Came here specificically because I was curious about Ohio, and it's miraculously the only state missing! I genuinely can't tell if it's an act of vandalism, or what? DESTROYANGELS (talk) 17:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Washington, DC is also missing. 2601:5C5:4380:FD80:4DAE:1717:3C0D:C2B9 (talk) 22:01, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

(Note: I was the IP editor who edited that on April 9th). West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 00:39, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Date of eclipse

Remember, when listing the date of the eclipse on this list. We want to use local time; NOT UTC time. Since most people in the United States are not going to care about the UTC date, but the local date. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 00:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Thank you

@Weatherman4064; you took a big load of work off of me when it comes to that list. Thank you. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 21:19, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

I hope it looks good enough! I'm sure some more work could be done, like % partial or whatnot, but I'll leave that up to others. I think what's there is a good start. I could also add the U.S. territories if you'd like since I have those. Weatherman4064 (talk) 23:51, 8 June 2024 (UTC)

I’ll also add that this article was nominated for deletion back in March. So a reformatting of the list (like what you did) was exactly what was needed. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 13:09, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Just a friendly reminder

We had at least one person who erroneously (but probably in good faith) tagged the 2017 and 2024 eclipses as total. I just want to remind everyone that we only list eclipses as total or annular for a state of the path of totality/annularity passes through that state; otherwise, it’s supposed to be listed as partial (even if it is total or annular elsewhere.) Thank you. West Virginia WXeditor (talk) 18:43, 28 June 2024 (UTC)