See live: Total solar eclipse crosses the US

( NEXSTAR)-- After months of anticipation, an overall solar eclipse will darken skies over the United States on Monday, April 8, and the breathtaking phenomenon will stream reside in the gamer above as soon as it begins.

Whether you just have a partial view or clouds are in the forecast, you can still take pleasure in a live appearance from the path of totality, as caught by Nexstar's stations.

As the eclipse moves first over Mexico, then the United States and Canada, the moon will pass squarely in between Earth and the sun, leaving an approximately 115-mile course of shadow. For those in the course, the sky will darken as it would usually during dawn or sunset.

When will it be visible?

The overall solar eclipse will enter the U.S. in Texas, with the partial eclipse starting simply after noon regional time. Next up will be Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

A sliver of both Tennessee and Michigan is likewise predicted to be in the path of totality.

Here are the partial and overall eclipse timings for several cities in the course:

PlacePartial BeginsTotality BeginsMaximumDurationAustin, Texas12:17:14 PM CDT1:36:12 PM CDT1:37:02 PM CDT1 min, 40.3 secsIdabel, Oklahoma12:28:14 PM CDT1:45:23 PM CDT1:47:33 PM CDT4 minutes, 18.4 secsLittle Rock, Arkansas12:33:33 PM CDT1:51:38 PM CDT1:52:51 PM CDT2 minutes, 26.6 secsPoplar Bluff, Missouri12:39:44 PM CDT1:56:21 PM CDT1:58:25 PM CDT4 mins, 7.8 secsCarbondale, Illinois12:43:01 PM CDT1:59:17 PM CDT2:01:21 PM CDT 4 minutes, 8.3 secsPaducah, Kentucky12:43:00 PM CDT2:00:50 PM CDT2:01:36 PM CDT1 minutes, 31.1 secsIndianapolis, Indiana1:50:34 PM EDT3:06:04 PM EDT3:07:59 PM EDT3 mins, 49.4 secsCleveland, Ohio1:59:22 PM EDT3:13:46 PM EDT3:15:40 PM EDT3 minutes, 48.9 secsErie, Pennsylvania2:02:26 PM EDT3:16:23 PM EDT3:18:14 PM EDT3 minutes, 41.8 secsSyracuse, New York2:09:02 PM EDT3:23:05 PM EDT3:23:47 PM EDT1 minutes, 24.5 secsMontpelier, Vermont2:15:00 PM EDT3:27:39 PM EDT3:28:27 PM EDT1 mins, 35.4 secs

An extra special eclipse

All total solar eclipses aren't the very same, and this year's is establishing to be especially incredible, NASA states.

" The eclipse in 2024 could be a lot more amazing due to differences in the course, timing, and clinical research," NASA composed on its website.

During this year's solar eclipse, the moon will be closer to Earth than it was throughout the 2017 event, more obscuring the sun's rays and developing a wider course of totality.

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Thanks to the bigger course throughout the U.S. and the path the eclipse will take control of more densely populated locations, approximately 31.6 million individuals remain in the course of totality this year, compared to 12 million during the last overall solar eclipse

According to NASA, 99% of people residing in the U.S. will get the chance to see a minimum of a partial view of the eclipse. For those in the path, totality will also last longer this year, with some places seeing over four minutes of darkness.

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Lastly, there's the sun's activity, which is coming at an ideal time.

In 2017, solar activity was at a minimum, but this year, eclipse viewers will get an additional reward as the sun ends up being more active with possible "banners streaming in to the solar atmosphere" from behind the moon's shadow, according to NASA.

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" In addition to that, viewers will have a better possibility to see prominences-- which look like bright, pink curls or loops coming off the Sun," NASA stated. "With lucky timing, there might even be an opportunity to see a coronal mass ejection-- a big eruption of solar material-- throughout the eclipse."

As the eclipse progresses throughout the United States on Monday, you can discover live updates, videos and images listed below.