solar eclipse

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight from St. Louis to Houston took turns craning their necks for a midair view of the total solar eclipse.

Total solar eclipses occur every year or two, but it is exceedingly rare for the paths of two of them to intersect only a handful of years apart, as it has in a swath of southern Missouri and Illinois.

The April 8 solar eclipse sweeping across the U.S. hit 89% coverage at its peak in Kansas City, just before 2 p.m. Cities along the path of totality saw a boom in tourism from out-of-towners trying to catch the last North American solar eclipse until 2044, but residents around the metro found ways to watch closer to home, too.

This will be the last chance to catch a total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. for about 20 years, so here's what you need to know to safely enjoy! The Kansas City area can expect to see about 89% coverage, with the peak occurring around 1:54 p.m.

A solar eclipse will pass over the U.S. today, and southeast Missouri is in the path of totality. We'll hear how you can watch the eclipse safely and how much of the sun will be covered in the Kansas City area.

Some people with expensive photo equipment are hoping to get the perfect shot during Monday's total solar eclipse. But for the rest of us, a cellphone camera is what we have to work with.

This tool from NASA allows you to get your exact window to see Monday's eclipse; all you need is your ZIP code. For the Kansas City area, expect just above 89% coverage, with the most coverage occurring around 1:54 p.m.

Kansas residents can expect to see between 70% and 95% of the sun covered during Monday's eclipse, depending on whether they live. But there won’t be another total eclipse in the contiguous U.S. for another two decades, so some enthusiasts say the drive is worth it.

Kansas City will witness a partial eclipse on Monday, April 8, with about an 89% obscuration of the sun. Some parts of Southeast Missouri, including Poplar Bluff, will experience the last total eclipse in the U.S. until 2044.

This will be the last time in more than 300 years, researchers say, that a total solar eclipse will go over southern Illinois and Missouri. Here’s what you need to know to make the best of the celestial spectacle.

Towns in the path of the total eclipse could see millions of dollars flow into their communities to witness a few minutes of darkness when the moon passes in front of the sun.

The airline offers a guaranteed look at the moon passing in front of the sun on a day when there’s a 50% chance of cloud cover in Missouri.