![]() The event was received with much enthusiasm across the nation people gathered outside their homes to watch it, and many parties were set up in the path of the eclipse. Information, personal communication, and photography were widely available as never before, capturing popular attention and enhancing the social experience. This total solar eclipse marked the first such event in the smartphone and social media era in America. Visibility as a partial eclipse in Honolulu, Hawaii began with sunrise at 4:20 p.m. PDT) the total eclipse's land coverage ended along the South Carolina coast at about 6:44 p.m. PDT), with the total eclipse beginning there at 5:16 p.m. The event's shadow began to cover land on the Oregon coast as a partial eclipse at 4:05 p.m. The area of the path of totality was about 16 percent of the area of the United States, with most of this area over the ocean, not land. The path of totality touched 14 states, and the rest of the U.S. Prior to this event, no solar eclipse had been visible across the entirety of the United States since Jnot since the February 1979 eclipse had a total eclipse been visible from anywhere in the mainland United States. Video of the eclipse second contact in Simpsonville, South Carolina. ![]() In northeastern Asia, it was partially visible at sunrise. In northwestern Europe and Africa, it was partially visible in the late evening. It was also visible as a partial solar eclipse from as far north as Nunavut in northern Canada to as far south as northern South America. The solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, dubbed the " Great American Eclipse" by some media, was a total solar eclipse visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts.
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