7 Planet Alignment Sun Moon April 8 2024. A solar eclipse takes place at new moon. The sun, the moon, and our home planet earth are about to enter a rare alignment.

They will look to be in a line (not what people commonly think of as a planetary alignment where the planets disappear into one bright light from our viewpoint.) on april 8th,. This map shows how much of the sun will be in eclipse by location on april 8, 2024.