BUFFALO, N.Y. — By now, you know the total solar eclipse will happen on April 8, and that the path of totality will cover Western New York.
For an event as rare as this, it's crucial to know when the path of totality — that's when the moon completely covers the sun — will start and end in your community. Times will vary across the region.
The total solar eclipse will arrive Western New York at 3:16 p.m. and spend 13 minutes traveling across the state. The middle of that path will basically follow along the Thruway, from Ripley to Buffalo and then Rochester, before crossing Lake Ontario, Watertown, and exiting the state at Plattsburgh.
When will the total solar eclipse start in your town next Monday? Here are the times for some local communities — sorry, we can't name them all — that are in the path of totality.
These estimates are provided by NASA, which will be tracking the eclipse Monday. If your city of town is not listed, just click here and enter your zip code to get the information.
Pennsylvania to Buffalo total eclipse timing
- Ripley: 3 minutes, 38 seconds starting at 3:16:58
- Westfield: 3 minutes, 41 seconds starting at 3:17:10
- Brocton: 3 minutes, 41 seconds starting at 3:17:22
- Dunkirk: 3 minutes, 45 seconds starting at 3:17:32
- Silver Creek: 3 minutes, 43 seconds starting at 3:17:46
- Angola: 3 minutes, 46 seconds starting at 3:18:01
- Lake View: 3 minutes, 46 seconds starting at 3:18:11
- Lackawanna: 3 minutes, 47 seconds starting at 3:18:22
What time is the eclipse in Buffalo?
- Partial eclipse begins: 2:04:56 p.m.
- Totality begins: 3:18:20 p.m.
- Maximum totality: 3:20 p.m.
- Totality ends: 3:22:06 p.m.
- Partial eclipse ends: 4:32:10 p.m.
Buffalo to Rochester total eclipse timing
- Cheektowaga: 3 minutes, 46 seconds starting at 3:18:31
- Williamsville: 3 minutes, 44 seconds starting at 3:18:36
- Clarence: 3 minutes, 45 seconds starting at 3:18:44
- Pembroke: 3 minutes, 46 seconds starting at 3:19:01
- Batavia: 3 minutes, 45 seconds starting at 3:19:18
- Le Roy: 3 minutes, 39 seconds starting at 3:19:34
- Rochester: 3 minutes, 41 seconds starting at 3:20:07
Times for other WNY communities
- Albion: 3 minutes, 41 seconds starting at 3:19:25
- Arcade: 3 minutes, 12 seconds starting at 3:19:02
- Attica: 3 minutes, 40 seconds starting at 3:19:08
- Brockport: 3 minutes, 44 seconds starting at 3:19:43
- Cuba: 1 minute, 11 seconds starting at 3:20:03
- Franklinville: 2 minutes, 34 seconds starting at 3:19:12
- Gowanda: 3 minutes, 29 seconds starting at 3:18:11
- Grand Island: 3 minutes, 38 seconds starting at 3:18:21
- Jamestown: 2 minutes, 53 seconds starting at 3:17:55
- Lockport: 3 minutes, 35 seconds starting at 3:18:47
- Medina: 3 minutes, 38 seconds starting at 3:19:11
- Niagara Falls: 3 minutes, 31 seconds starting at 3:18:22
- Perry: 3 minutes, 14 seconds starting at 3:19:40
- Randolph: 2 minutes, 44 seconds starting at 3:18:21
- Salamanca: 2 minutes, 20 seconds starting at 3:18:51
- Sinclairville: 3 minutes, 23 seconds starting at 3:17:43
- Springville: 3 minutes, 22 seconds starting at 3:18:38
If you want to view the eclipse, like many others across North America, make sure you have properly certified solar glasses to do so safely.
According to NASA, roughly 31.6 million people live in the 2024 path of totality, representing a big jump from to 12 million in the path of the 2017 eclipse. "An additional 150 million people live within 200 miles of the path of totality," NASA said.
The path will run from Mexico and Texas and head northeast, ultimately going over Maine before exiting North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada.