Mark your calendars now: the next total solar eclipse [1] is coming on Aug. 21. You don't want to miss it — considering the last time this happened in the US was in 1991 [2]. It's become such a must-see event that the solar eclipse has a nickname: the Great American Eclipse [3]! It's also why we've picked out a few destinations to see it in the US ahead.
Why is a solar eclipse so special? It's when the moon covers the sun for a few minutes, essentially plunging wherever you are into a bit of darkness. NASA estimates that 391 million people will see it in the US. The solar eclipse starts in Oregon [4] at 9:05 a.m. PT and will end in Charleston, SC, at 2:48 p.m. ET. Keep reading to see where you should see it, along with the time of the eclipse.
Madras, OR
Time [6]: 10:19 a.m. PT
Nashville
Time [7]: 1:27 p.m. CT
Snake River Valley, ID
Time [8]: 11:33 a.m. MT
Columbia, SC
Time [9]: 2:41 p.m. ET
Casper, WY (Grand Teton National Park)
Time [10]: 11:42 a.m. MT
Hopkinsville, KY
Time [11]: 1:22 p.m. CT
Sandhills of Western Nebraska
Time [12]: 11:49 a.m. CT
St. Joseph, MO
Time [13]: 1:06 p.m. CT
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Time [14]: 2:35 p.m. ET
Carbondale, IL
Time [15]: 1:20 p.m. CT