Let me give some values for the sizes of these things, then I will make some sort of diagram. Radius of the Sun: 6.95 x 10 8 m. Radius of the Earth: 6.38 x 10 6 m.

The sun traces out a figure-8 over the course of a year in Colorado's sky and it looks like this. Yep, a figure eight. It's a combination of everything we just talked about.

It combines images taken at different times of day over the course of six months, and each curve tracks the Sun’s path across the sky on a particular day. Gaps indicate cloudy days.

The eclipse may be barely noticeable in the southeast, with cities such as Washington, D.C., expecting about 1 percent of the sun to be blocked, Forbes reported.

These maps show path's timing, how long it lasts. Hundreds of cities in 13 U.S. states fall directly on the April 8 eclipse's path of totality as the moon blocks the sun's disc and ushers in darkness.

On Aug. 21, a total solar eclipse will traverse the contiguous United States. It’ll be the first to traverse coast to coast in nearly a century.

Monday is your last shot of witnessing a total solar eclipse in North America for 20 years.Fortunately, the path of totality in the U.S. crosses from the bottom of Texas all the way to the tip of ...