Kent prepares celebrations and education for the April 2024 total solar eclipse

Photo by Karl Magnuson

Kent prepares celebrations and education for the April 2024 total solar eclipse

- Tom Hardesty

Kent is getting ready to party like it’s 2024.

That’s because this is the year the city will be in the path of totality during the solar eclipse, which will occur on the afternoon of Monday, April 8. Totality, or a total solar eclipse, is when the moon passes directly between the earth and sun in relation to specific points on earth’s surface, completely blocking out the sun. Most of Ohio will be in totality during the 2024 eclipse.

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