If it feels like people are making a big deal out of the April 8 solar eclipse, it’s for good reason.
San Antonio won’t see another total solar eclipse until 2343 and the next annular eclipse won’t be until 2294.
That’s not to say we won’t have ANY solar eclipses in San Antonio in our lifetime — we’re in the path of 38 partial eclipses in the next 100 years.
KSAT Meteorologist Justin Horne talked to a UTSA astrophysicist about how scientists predict eclipses. (Basically, it’s a lot of math.)
Thankfully, we don’t have to do those calculations ourselves.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has created a JavaScript Solar Eclipse Explorer that can compute every solar eclipse from any city in the past or the future, between 1499 BC and the year 3000.
You can search based on a city name or by using the latitude and longitude coordinates.
According to the calculations, San Antonio’s next solar eclipse of any kind will be a partial solar eclipse on Jan. 26, 2028, when just .16 of the sun will be eclipsed starting before sunrise until about 8:54 a.m.
On April 8, the northwest quadrant of San Antonio will experience a 100% eclipse of the sun, also known as totality, while the rest of the city will experience about 99.9%.
(**What we can see depends on the weather. Early forecasts for San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country are showing we could be under some clouds.**)
2024 Eclipse event times for downtown San Antonio:
- Eclipse start time: 12:14 p.m.
- Peak time: 1:27 p.m. - 1:49 p.m.
- Eclipse end time: 2:55 p.m.
As your official Eclipse Authority station, KSAT will have everything you need to enjoy the spectacular event, including multiple livestreams from different parts of the region on the big day. KSAT meteorologists, anchors and reporters will be in full force in each location.
You can watch the live coverage on KSAT 12, KSAT.com, KSAT+, the KSAT Weather and News apps, and in this article.
From noon to 2 p.m., you can choose the angle you’d like to watch the eclipse from these locations:
- A dedicated feed showing the entire eclipse
- Fredericksburg
- Boerne
- Kerrville
- Elementary school watch party on Northwest Side of San Antonio
- The Rock at La Cantera
Pick one, switch back and forth, or watch KSAT’s broadcast featuring segments from each location.