From UPI:
People in Texas and Mexico were the first of those in multiple states to start experiencing a rare total solar eclipse, the first in seven years and the last for two decades.
Central parts of the United States such as Kentucky were prepping for their own spectacles just as in western Pennsylvania near Erie and the Cleveland, Ohio, areas. In Maine, the total solar eclipse is expected to start at around 3:28 p.m. local time. After skygazers were put in awe in the far part of the United States in Texas, the eclipse began before 1 p.m. local time in Missouri with its duration lasting until after 3:15 p.m. “This might be the most-watched solar eclipse ever,” Michelle Nichols, director of public observing at the Adler Planetarium, told NBC Chicago.