On Aug. 21, 2017, people across the United States will see the sun disappear behind the moon, turning daylight into twilight, causing the temperature drop rapidly and revealing massive streamers of light streaking through the sky around the silhouette of the moon. On that day, America will fall under the path of a total solar eclipse .
The so-called Great American Total Solar Eclipse will darken skies all the way from Oregon to South Carolina, along a stretch of land about 70 miles wide. Source: Space.com
In Nashville, the partial eclipse will begin at 11:58 a.m. The start of totality is 1:27 p.m., ending at 1:29 p.m. The partial eclipse will end at 2:45 p.m.
Everyone in the continental United States will see a partial eclipse.
Although Nashville, the largest city in Tennessee wholly in the path of the eclipse, will experience 1 minute and 57 seconds, Gallatin will be the epicenter and will experience 2 minutes and 40 seconds of total darkness.
This is the first total solar eclipse over the continental United States since 1979 (Hawaii experienced a total eclipse in 1991). In most parts of the country, you will have to wait until 2566 to experience the next one. Source: Styleblueprint