Watch live: Total solar eclipse crosses the United States

( 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 live in the player above once it begins.

Whether you just have a partial view or clouds are in the forecast, you can still take pleasure in a live look 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 directly in between Earth and the sun, leaving a roughly 115-mile course of shadow. For those in the path, the sky will darken as it would typically throughout dawn or sunset.

When will it show up?

The overall solar eclipse will go into the U.S. in Texas, with the partial eclipse starting simply after midday 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 projected to be in the course of totality.

Here are the partial and total eclipse timings for a number of cities in the path:

PlacePartial BeginsTotality BeginsMaximumDurationAustin, Texas12:17:14 PM CDT1:36:12 PM CDT1:37:02 PM CDT1 minutes, 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 mins, 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 mins, 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 minutes, 35.4 secs

An additional unique eclipse

All overall solar eclipses aren't the very same, and this year's is establishing to be especially remarkable, NASA says.

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

Throughout this year's solar eclipse, the moon will be closer to Earth than it was throughout the 2017 occasion, more obscuring the sun's rays and creating a larger path of totality.

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Thanks to the larger course across the U.S. and the route the eclipse will take over more largely inhabited areas, roughly 31.6 million people are in the course of totality this year, compared to 12 million during the last overall solar eclipse

According to NASA, 99% of people living in the U.S. will get the possibility to see a minimum of a partial view of the eclipse. For those in the course, totality will also last longer this year, with some locations seeing over 4 minutes of darkness.

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Finally, there's the sun's activity, which is coming at a perfect time.

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

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" In addition to that, viewers will have a better chance to see prominences-- which appear as bright, pink curls or loops coming off the Sun," NASA stated. "With lucky timing, there could even be a chance to see a coronal mass ejection-- a large eruption of solar product-- during the eclipse."

As the eclipse advances across the United States on Monday, you can discover live updates, videos and images below.