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What will the 2024 total solar eclipse look like?
Click on the interactive map below!
It will show you roughly when the eclipse will be happening.
Exact details for MANY more locations are available on our 2024 eclipse cities pages.
Map of the Tulsa area, showing the path of totality in gray
(Please note that Eclipse2024.org does not endorse or approve any specific viewing sites related to the 2024 eclipse. Selection of a suitable viewing site, including due diligence, weather considerations, infrastructure, travel, logistics, understanding of time zones, avoidance of trespassing on private lands, and safety considerations, is solely the responsibility of the eclipse observer.)
You MUST use certified eye protection ("eclipse glasses")
whenever ANY PART of the Sun’s disk is visible.
In Tulsa, you must ALWAYS use your eclipse glasses to view the eclipse.
Another total solar eclipse is coming to North America! This
time, totality will also pass over Mexico and Canada – giving people all over North America another chance to experience this great celestial event.
In order to see totality, you have to be in the path of totality. If you aren’t in that path, you’ll only see a partial eclipse. You can learn more about those details with our simple eclipse viewing instructions guide.
This blog post will tell you about the 2024 eclipse as seen from the Tulsa area in Oklahoma. Please check out all the links we’ve provided below to learn more about the 2024 total solar eclipse from other locations.
This blog post will tell you about the 2024 eclipse as seen from the Tulsa area in Oklahoma. Please check out all the links we’ve provided below to learn more about the 2024 total solar eclipse from other locations.
Tulsa was unfortunately not in the path of totality for the 2017 eclipse. This time in 2024, the path passes closer to the city, but once again totality is not to be for folks in Tulsa!
The path passes well southeast of town, and you can see on the map where you should try to be on eclipse day. You’ll need to get at least as far south as
Ft. Smith or
Antlers to be in the path, and roads 62, 69 and I-40 would be perfect to get you there. These towns lie right on the northern edge of the path, though; If you want more totality you’ll have to head farther into
Arkansas, or south to
Broken Bow where you’ll get more than four minutes of totality!
We've written 2024 eclipse blog posts for
Ft. Smith,
Little Rock, and
Dallas areas to give you more information on viewing possibilities in those locations.
People who stay in Tulsa will see a respectable partial eclipse, with some amount of sky darkening. But there will be no corona, no totality, and no dramatic moments on eclipse day. You’ll need to use your eclipse glasses for the entire event, where just up the road folks are enjoying totality. It’s true that "close" just isn’t close enough when it comes to a total eclipse!
If the Sun is not COMPLETELY eclipsed you MUST always use ISO-certified eye protection ("eclipse glasses") to watch the eclipse. That means that, even if these things are going on around you, if you’re not in the path you won’t be able to see most of them. It’s certainly true that any type of eclipse is an exciting event, but we’d like to encourage you to make it into the path if at all possible on eclipse day. What you’ll see there (vs. back home in Tulsa) will be literally the difference between night and day!
Whatever the eclipse brings to the area, it will be most interesting as the shadow passes by – far to the south and east of town, remember.
The eclipse happens at different times in different locations. Use the slider on the map above to show you when totality will happen as the eclipse passes through the Tulsa area.
Always remember the rule for using eye protection during an eclipse: If there’s ANY bright part of the Sun showing, then you have to use your eclipse glasses to watch the event.
That means if you can see anything at all of the Sun through the glasses, then the Sun is too bright and you have to leave the glasses on! If you can see absolutely NO piece of the Sun through the eclipse glasses, then it’s safe to take them off. But the second any bright part of the Sun becomes visible again, you have to put them back on – and this can be mere seconds after you took them off. It would be so much better for you to get into the path, and really enjoy seeing totality!
We also have an entire section of the site dedicated to providing much more detailed eclipse viewing instructions for you!
Wherever you decide to view from, be sure to plan your route carefully,
and watch the weather to make sure you’ll have good skies on eclipse day. And please be sure
to check out Eclipse2024.org’s eclipse simulator for any location you’d like to preview. The
simulator will show you exactly what the eclipse will look like for any location you choose!
If you'd just like to preview the eclipse without using the simulator, we've made videos
for the 2023 annular eclipse and the 2024 total eclipse as seen from over 2,200 locations! You can find them on our
2024 eclipse YouTube channel, but we've made it even easier for you - just visit
our eclipse simulator video page to get started!
Eclipse2024.org wishes everyone CLEAR SKIES on eclipse day - April 8, 2024!
Eclipse2024.org wishes everyone CLEAR SKIES on eclipse day - April 8, 2024!