2024 Total Solar Eclipse

April 8, 2024

For the first time since 1806, a total solar eclipse will occur in Ohio on April 8, 2024, and the Lake Campus is in the heart of the happenings! The path of totality stretches from Texas up into Maine, passing through the Celina, Ohio area from approximately 2:15 p.m. EDT to 4:15 p.m. EDT. During the total solar eclipse the sun, moon, and earth are in a direct line and will create darkness for a few brief minutes around 3:10 p.m. EDT.

Safety Guidelines

Credit: NASA Safety Guidelines

Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing. The solar eclipse should be viewed through eclipse glasses or handheld solar viewers that are ISO 12312-2 compliant.

• View the Sun through eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer during the partial eclipse phases before and after totality.
• You can view the eclipse directly without proper eye protection only when the Moon completely obscures the Sun’s bright face – during the brief and spectacular period known as totality. (You’ll know it’s safe when you can no longer see any part of the Sun through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer.)
• As soon as you see even a little bit of the bright Sun reappear after totality, immediately put your eclipse glasses back on or use a handheld solar viewer to look at the Sun.

Solar Speakers

Tuesday, March 5, 2024
6:30 p.m.
James F. Dicke Hall
Greg Brown, Historian & Collections Coordinator, at the Armstrong Air & Space Museum in Wapakoneta, OH will be giving a presentation about the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. The presentation will include information on a total solar eclipse, history of solar eclipses and happenings in the area during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. This presentation is free and open to the public. 

Tuesday, April 2, 2024
2:00 p.m.
James F. Dicke Hall
Conner Prince, Weekend Meteorologist with Your Hometown Stations in Lima, OH will be giving a presentation titled Weathering the Total Solar Eclipse in West-Central Ohio.

Experience the eclipse with us!

1:30 p.m. EDT: Chuck Ciampaglio, Ph.D., The science behind a total solar eclipse

2 p.m. EDT: Dane Daniel, Ph.D., Solar eclipses throughout the years

2:30–3:30 p.m. EDT: Total Solar Eclipse Watch Party

• Campus location to be announced at a later date, weather pending
• Free and open to the public
• Some eclipse glasses will be available
• Food & snacks will be available