# USA TSE, total solar eclipse: April 2024 (was "three years away for USA" when started) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873 "2021-03-27T21:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 78
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873/78 "2022-05-09T13:32:39Z")
Xavier Jubier’s site has a countdown. Today, this total solar eclipse is 700 days away: > **[Solar Eclipses - Interactive Google Maps - Xavier Jubier](http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/SolarEclipsesGoogleMaps.html)** > > Solar Eclipses interactive Google maps by Xavier Jubier And here’s a link to the thread about September’s annular solar eclipse: > [@I just learned about the annular solar eclipse of October 14, 2023, which will be passing right over my house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-learned-about-the-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14-2023-which-will-be-passing-right-over-my-house/962945): > > That said, I do live in Oregon, and my history with attempted eclipse viewing has been less than stellar. There may still be some posters on here who were with me at Jonathan Chance’s viewing party in South Carolina, where it got rained out. But I’m not sure if I mentioned the fact that I had also been living in L.A. when there was an annular eclipse in the late afternoon, and that too got clouded over. I’ll never forget the sense of disappointment in the crowds milling around at Pacific Pal… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873)._