EVANSVILLE – If you missed Monday’s total solar eclipse over Evansville, don’t worry: It’ll happen again … in 129 years.
According to both NASA and Eclipse Wise, the city won’t fall into the path of totality until Oct. 17, 2153.
Before Monday, the previous total solar eclipse above the city took place in 1869 – 155 years ago.
Residents will get their next realistic chance at totality in 2044, when the path crosses the American south.
2153 total solar eclipse If you enter Evansville’s latitude, longitude and elevation into Eclipse Wise – a website run by retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak – it claims maximum totality would hit the city around 11:08 a.m. that day.
The eclipse after that: 2343 After 2153, the Tri-State won’t fall into the path again until 190 years later, on Feb. 25, 2343.
But according to Eclipse Wise and other predictors, the city of Evansville itself will be just outside the line.
Much like the 2024 path, totality will climb across North America from Texas and burn through Southern Illinois, just a hair west of the Indiana border.
Evansville saw a total solar eclipse on Monday; if you missed it, don’t worry, it will happen again on the dot. After 129 Years.
October is when the city will be in the path of totality, according to both Eclipse Wise and NASA. 17, 2153. At that time, an eclipse will cross a wide portion of Indiana, including Princeton, Indianapolis, Bloomington, and yes, Evansville, as it moves from the southernmost point of Alaska.
While that wait is undoubtedly lengthy, it isn’t as long as the previous separation between totalities. The last total solar eclipse that passed over the city before Monday was in 1869, or 155 years ago. When the path crosses the American south in 2044, residents will have their next realistic opportunity to see totality.
Here are some details on the upcoming solar eclipses that will occur in Evansville and what the world might look like when they do.
entire solar eclipse in 2153.
On Eclipse Wise, a website maintained by retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, you can enter Evansville’s latitude, longitude, and elevation and it will indicate that maximum totality would arrive in the city at approximately 11:08 a.m. m. that particular day. A mane of dimmed light will extend from the edges of the moon, turning it into a black . in front of the sun for a short while.
Just as thousands of people did on Monday along the riverfront, those who are still assembling to watch it are probably going to gasp in disbelief. And some of the young children who witnessed the spectacle this week—like Sadie Stallings of Atlanta, Georgia, who watched from her stroller alongside her parents Cody and Amber—might return for the far-off sequel with some fortunate genetics and a few technological advances in medicine.
As per the statements of several biologists and physicists contacted by Monmouth College last year for a series on the future of humanity, hazardous viewing conditions may arise from an increasingly hazardous climate.
The world temperature has already increased by 1.2 degrees Celsius, according to retired biology professor Ken Cramer, and a further increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius is unavoidable. According to numerous scientists, the increase might reach 2.
“If I were younger, I would be really worried. I don’t want to be too pessimistic,” he remarked. “With all these billion-dollar disasters, you’re already experiencing the effects. The frequency of these calamities has increased significantly, and their effects have been profound. “.
Indiana University research indicates that by 2100, the state’s already severe precipitation events will become even more severe, with the wettest events expected to bring in an additional 3–4 inches per day. The Ohio River will swell as a result of that.
Despite this, the population of Evansville and the entire world is projected to grow rapidly, further taxing the environment and possibly leading to the automation of the economy. According to the UN, there could be 10.4 billion people on Earth by the year 2100, a 20.5 billion increase from the current population.
2343 was the eclipse that followed.
It will take 190 years, on February 22, 2153, for the Tri-State to once again come into contact with the path. 24, 2343.
But Evansville itself will be slightly outside the line, according to Eclipse Wise and other forecasters. Complete eclipse in 2024 will resemble the path that it took in 2024, starting in Texas and ending in Southern Illinois, slightly to the west of the Indiana border.
It is virtually impossible to predict what our area will look like in that future. That is the equivalent of someone envisioning 2024 back in 1705, or 319 years from now. At that time, Isaac Newton was still alive.
We will all be too old to witness it, that much is certain. Consequently, a lot of people who looked up at the Evansville sky on Monday treasured what they saw.
As totality ended, Amber Stallings remarked, “It’s breathtaking and moving.”. “I started crying after seeing it. “.
