Catch the sun: What Columbia will see during the April 8 solar eclipse

When a much-awaited solar eclipse moves across the country on April 8, mid-Missouri will be able to witness more than 94% of total darkness.

The path of the eclipse will move from Mexico north through Texas and southeast Missouri to the eastern provinces of Canada.

The moon covers the sun during a total solar eclipse in Piedra del Aguila, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. The total solar eclipse was visible from the northern Patagonia region of Argentina and from Araucania in Chile, and as a partial eclipse from the lower two-thirds of South America. 

Natacha Pisarenko/The Associated Press

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Rock Bridge High School students cheer and remove their glasses as the solar eclipse goes into totality on Aug. 21, 2017, in Columbia. The school day was dedicated to different eclipse activities.

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Jamie Arndt rests his head on Stephanie Reid-Arndt while they watch the eclipse Aug. 21, 2017, at the Francis Quadrangle in Columbia.

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Light from the partial eclipse shines through leaves Aug. 21, 2017, at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. The crescent shapes in the shadows show how the moon moves across the sun during the eclipse.

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Filipino students use welders glass to view the partial solar eclipse on March 9, 2016, at the University of the Philippines in suburban Quezon city, which is north of Manila, Philippines, as it occurs.

Aaron Favila/The Associated Press

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Isoiza Gomina, 5, peers through the lens of a telescope on Oct. 14, 2023, at Lowry Mall in Columbia. Although the telescope was initially pointed at the Memorial Union clock, Gomina insisted on pointing it straight up to the clouds.

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