Want to livestream the total solar eclipse? From 11:07 a.m. PDT in Mazatlan, Mexico to 5:16 p.m. NDT in Newfoundland, Canada, a rare totality will sweep across North America via parts of 15 U.S. states. To experience totality—the chance to see the sun’s corona with your naked eyes during sudden darkness in the day—you must be inside the 115-mile wide path of totality. Everywhere else in North America will see a partial solar eclipse, which must be seen through solar eclipse glasses.
If it’s cloudy where you are, stay outside—they might clear up and give you a peek. If they don’t clear, or you’re on the day side of the planet where the eclipse won’t be visible, there are plenty of places to livestream the total solar eclipse in real-time on YouTube and online.
The totally eclipsed sun will be visible over North America for 99 minutes—from 18:07 UTC through 19:46 UTC (convert here)—and though the best times to watch will be specific to each location, all of these recommended platforms will take live feeds from multiple locations across the path of totality.
Where To Live Stream The Total Solar Eclipse
There are many fake feeds on YouTube that simply play reruns of old eclipses. Weird but true—after all, it’s expensive to set up telescopes in remote corners of North America. The YouTube channels recommended here are all from reputable sources such as astronomers, observatories and dedicated eclipse enthusiasts.
One of the most reliable live streams for all kinds of eclipses is Timeanddate.com, which will show live views of the entire event from its mobile observatories. It will also take live feeds and images from astronomers throughout the path and provide expert commentary on the entire event. You can watch on Timeanddate.com or on Timeanddate’s YouTube channel.
NASA TV will be live streaming the eclipse from across the U.S. with confirmed plans to broadcast from the Kerrville Eclipse Festival in Kerrville, Texas, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indiana, the Southern Illinois Crossroads Eclipse Festival in Carbondale, Illinois and from Total Eclipse Fest 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio.
You can watch NASA TV in many places, including on the NASA TV web page, NASA’s YouTube channel.
Live coverage on YouTube (as well as on the PBS Passport app and on WSIU 8.1 channel) of the total solar eclipse anchored at the Southern Illinois Crossroads Eclipse Festival at Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s 15,000-capacity Saluki Stadium. Will feature commentary and interviews from scientists and outreach professionals from the Adler Planetarium of Chicago, NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, and SIU Carbondale. Plus solar telescope imagery from over 80 sites throughout North America.
Learn about the sun’s corona, hear from solar physicists and watch the 2024 total solar eclipse from across the country. It starts at 1:55 p.m. EDT on its YouTube channel.
San Francisco-based museum Exploratorium sends expeditions to sites worldwide to livestream solar eclipses. For the total solar eclipse, it will broadcast live telescope views of the eclipse from the path of totality from Junction, Texas and Torreón, Mexico on its livestream page and on its YouTube channel.
6. Discovery Channel
The Discovery Channel will broadcast the eclipse live from the 2024 Eclipse Over Texas public event in Waco, Texas. Check its YouTube channel for the exact livestream.
Robotic telescope service Slooh—which live streams the cosmos via a web browser– will broadcast live on YouTube with expert commentary and live telescope views of the eclipse.
I’m an expert on eclipses—the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and author of The Complete Guide To The Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024. For the very latest on the total solar eclipse—including travel and lodging options—check my main feed for new articles each day.
Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes.
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