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April 8 solar eclipse: These Indiana cities will spend the longest time in totality

While all of Indiana will see at least a partial eclipse, a large number of cities and towns in central Indiana will see the totality.

INDIANAPOLIS —

The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse will be special for Hoosiers. This will be the first time in 819 years that a total solar eclipse will be visible in Indianapolis — and it will be another 129 years before it happens again.

The path of totality cuts right across Indiana, with the total solar eclipse happening in Indianapolis April 8 at 3:06 p.m.

While all of Indiana will see at least a partial eclipse, a large number of cities and towns in central Indiana will see the totality.

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Here is a list of some of those areas and how long the totality will last, according to eclipse2024.org.

Four minutes of totality

  • Bargersville: 4m 1s
  • Bloomington: 4m 2s
  • Franklin: 4m 2s
  • Knightstown: 4m 1s
  • Martinsville: 4m 1s
  • New Whiteland: 4m 1s
  • Whiteland: 4m 1s

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Three minutes of totality

  • Alexandria: 3m 21s
  • Anderson: 3m 42s
  • Avon: 3m 38s
  • Bedford: 3m 42s
  • Beech Grove: 3m 55s
  • Brownsburg: 3m 27s
  • Carme:l 3m 29s
  • Cicero: 3m 15s
  • Clermont: 3m 37s
  • Columbus: 3m 44s
  • Connersville: 3m 45s
  • Cumberland: 3m 56s
  • Danville: 3m 29s
  • Edinburgh: 3m 57s
  • Elwood: 3m 2s
  • Fishers: 3m 39s
  • Fortville: 3m 49s
  • Greencastle: 3m 20s
  • Greenfield: 3m 59s
  • Greensburg: 3m 32s
  • Greenwood: 3m 59s
  • Hartford City: 3m 15s
  • Indianapolis: 3m 49s
  • Lawrence: 3m 49s
  • McCordsville: 3m 48s
  • Mitchell: 3m 25s
  • Mooresville: 3m 53s
  • Muncie: 3m 46s
  • New Castle: 3m 59s
  • Noblesville: 3m 27s
  • Pendleton: 3m 48s
  • Pittsboro: 3m 18s
  • Plainfield: 3m 44s
  • Richmond: 3m 49s
  • Seymour: 3m 7s
  • Shelbyville: 3m 59s
  • Speedway: 3m 41s
  • Westfield: 3m 18s
  • Whitestown: 3m 9s
  • Yorktown: 3m 43s
  • Zionsville: 3m 22s
Credit: WTHR

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Two minutes of totality

  • Fairmount: 2m 54s
  • Gas City: 2m 41s
  • Lebanon: 2m 38s
  • Marion: 2m 11s
  • Sheridan: 2m 50s
  • Tipton: 2m 36s
  • Upland: 2m 58s

One minute of totality

  • Crawfordsville: 1m 5s

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