What to Know About Next Week’s Total Solar Eclipse in the US, Mexico, and Canada

A total solar eclipse April 8 will enter over Mexico’s Pacific coast, dash up through Texas and Oklahoma, crisscross the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and New England, before exiting over eastern Canada into the Atlantic. AP Photo

North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun.

Monday’s total solar eclipse will make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast and cross into Texas and 14 other U.S. states, before exiting over Canada.