2017 Annual Report
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On Monday, August 21, <strong>2017</strong>, Blount County, Tennessee<br />
experienced a near total solar eclipse. A beautiful day made<br />
for perfect viewing from the Blount County Justice Center. For<br />
1 minute, 31 seconds, time stood still. We hope you got to<br />
experience this once in a lifetime experience too.<br />
Ecplipse Facts for Tennessee<br />
The average width of the path of totality was 71.5 miles<br />
across Tennessee.<br />
The center line covered a distance of 188 miles across<br />
Tennessee.<br />
The average center line duration of totality is 2 minutes, 39<br />
seconds across Tennessee.<br />
In Maryville, the partial eclipse began at 13:04:57, with the<br />
total eclipse beginning at 14:33:54 and lasting 1 minute, 31<br />
seconds.<br />
Before <strong>2017</strong>, the last two solar eclipses visible from<br />
Tennessee were on August 1, 1869 and October 4, 1717.<br />
The next two solar eclipses visible from Tennessee will be<br />
on October 17, 2153 and April 14, 2200.<br />
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