Totality crosses Little Rock
The solar eclipse is moving over Arkansas at the moment, with totality starting to wrap up in Little Rock.
The eclipse will continue northeast, with millions more people awaiting their turn to experience a few minutes of darkness in the middle of the afternoon.
On the ground in Kerrville, Texas, as the totality passed over
NBC News correspondent Morgan Chesky spoke with a family as the moon blotted out the sun over Kerrville.
'Just amazing!': Solar eclipse watchers go wild as the moment of totality passes over Dallas
Totality has passed over Dallas.
Al Roker was there for the moment.
Spectators in New York City
People gathered at the Edge at Hudson Yards observation deck in New York City.
Totality underway in Eagle Pass and Kerrville, Texas
The moon is in its final stages of sliding between Earth and the sun over Eagle Pass and Kerrville, Texas, the first cities in the state (and the United States) to experience totality.
Viewers in these parts of the state will be treated to a little over 4 minutes of darkness — one of the longest stretches of totality in the United States.
Just a bite...
OAKLAND — Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, the moon only blocked about a third of the sun during our partial solar eclipse.
I took the colander from my kitchen out to the sidewalk to enjoy the strangely shaped shadows as the moon appeared to take a bite out of the circles of sunlight I'd normally expect to see through the holes.
Watch: Solar eclipse reaches totality in Mazatlán, Mexico
Mexico’s Pacific coast was the first place in North America to experience totality during today's solar eclipse. Experience what it was like in Mazatlán as the moon slid into alignment with Earth and the sun.
The 2024 solar eclipse in photos
Check out a gallery of all the best pictures of the 2024 eclipse.
We'll be adding to this throughout the day as the moon casts its shadow across the U.S.
Stages of the solar eclipse
For people along the path of totality, there are some fun milestones to keep track of as the total solar eclipse unfolds.
As the eclipse progresses and it starts to get dark, look out for the “diamond ring effect” created by the last beams of sunlight. The sun’s atmosphere will appear as an illuminated halo, and the last light still visible will look like the diamond of a giant ring.
As the sunlight decreases even further, an effect known as Baily’s beads will be created by the moon’s rugged terrain. Tiny “beads” of light will be visible for only a few seconds around the dark moon, as the last bits of sunlight peer through the moon’s mountains and valleys.
When the moon is fully blocking the sun, it is safe to remove eclipse glasses and look at the total solar eclipse with the naked eye.
Spectators in Mexico
People gathered to watch the eclipse in Mazatlán, one of the first parts of North America to see the totality.