2024 Solar Eclipse: When To Look Up In Michigan

MICHIGAN — Some Michiganders are among 34 million Americans that are in the path of totality for the solar eclipse Monday.

As of Monday morning, afternoon skies over southeastern Michigan should be mostly clear and sunny, according to the National Weather Service.

While Southeastern Michigan is the best place in the state to see the eclipse, all parts of Michigan will see at least a partial eclipse. Only a small town in Monroe County, near Toledo, is expected to be in the path of totality, which will only last 19 seconds, according to a NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

Here's when the solar eclipse will happen in Detroit and other Michigan cities, including Grand Rapids, Lansing, Marquette, Midland and Traverse City, according to the NASA map.

Luna Pier (100 percent totality)

• Eclipse begins: 1:57 p.m.
• Maximum eclipse: 3:13 p.m.
• Eclipse ends: 4:26 p.m.

Metro Detroit area (99 percent totality)

• Eclipse begins: 1:58 p.m.
• Maximum eclipse: 3:14 p.m.
• Eclipse ends: 4:27 p.m.

Lansing area (96 percent totality)

• Eclipse begins: 1:56 p.m.
• Maximum eclipse: 3:12 p.m.
• Eclipse ends: 4:25 p.m.

Grand Rapids area (94 percent totality)

• Eclipse begins: 1:55 p.m.
• Maximum eclipse: 3:11 p.m.
• Eclipse ends: 4:24 p.m.

Midland area (93 percent totality)

• Eclipse begins: 1:58 p.m.
• Maximum eclipse: 3:13 p.m.
• Eclipse ends: 4:26 p.m.

Traverse City area (87 percent totality)

• Eclipse begins: 1:58 p.m.
• Maximum eclipse: 3:12 p.m.
• Eclipse ends: 4:24 p.m.

Marquette area (79 percent totality)

• Eclipse begins: 1:58 p.m.
• Maximum eclipse: 3:11 p.m.
• Eclipse ends: 4:22 p.m.

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Outdoor Adventure Center and Huron Clinton Metroparks invited the community to watch the event at the Cullen Plaza, located at 1340 Atwater St. in Detroit. A free pair of viewing glasses will be available on a first serve first come basis. Registration is not required but encouraged.

Park officials at Sleeping Bear Dunes, located in the northwest region of Michigan, also invited the public to gather at Dune Climb to watch the stargazing event from noon to 4 p.m.

The U.S. path of totality extends from Texas to Maine, with the moon shrouding the sun for up to 4 minutes and 28 seconds. Everyone in the continental U.S. will see some of the phenomenon.

Totality will last twice as long as in the coast-to-coast solar eclipse in 2017, and the number of people in the path of totality — an estimated 32 million people — is much greater. It will be 20 years before North America sees a total solar eclipse, making this a must-see event.

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Can't make it outside? You can watch the eclipse online, thanks to NASA: