The total solar eclipse on April 8 in North America comes six years, seven months and 18 days after the last event crossed the continent in 2017. While these eclipses' narrow paths of totality are very different, both their paths cross parts of Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. However, while these two events are close together, it is rare to experience totality in the same place twice in such a short time. For example, the last total eclipse was on April 20, 2023, and the next is on April 8, 20