DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) - - Hotel spaces are scheduling up or already offered out ahead of next April's overall solar eclipse, according to authorities with the City of Dripping Springs. The total solar eclipse, which will occur on April 8, 2024, is one of two that's course will move across Central Texas.

The second eclipse will happen on Oct. 14 of this year. That eclipse is an annular eclipse, which according to NASA, occurs when the moon passes in between the Earth and the sun throughout the furthest point of its orbit. It will not completely obscure the sun.

Austin will be on the edge of the eclipse, however not within the totality, where the eclipse is at its darkest. Fredericksburg will get the best views.

" This is an once-in-a-lifetime thing. It only happens in the same area every 300 years. For Dripping to be in the totality - - this is big," said Lisa Sullivan, communications director with the City of Dripping Springs.

Last August, the city formed an Eclipse Committee to prepare for the occasion. Utilizing observations from various NASA missions, this map reveals where the Moon's shadow will cross the U.S. throughout the 2023 annular solar eclipse and 2024 total solar eclipse.

" They're going to be going through, however there likewise are going to be people that are just going to stop the minute that the eclipse takes place."

Millions gather to see a total solar eclipse

According to the city, 6 to 7 million individuals traveled to the center of "totality" to see the total solar eclipse in 2017. In an overall solar eclipse, the moon is better to the Earth and entirely blocks out the sun when it passes between the Earth and the Sun.

At this moment, it gets so dark that you can look straight at the sun without eclipse glasses, according to NASA.

" We're gon na be in a course of totality for four minutes," said Roman Baligad, emergency situation management coordinator for the City of Dripping Springs. "People aren't going to be here simply for that time. This is a three-day occasion."

The NASA map consists of a globe showing the complete courses of the 2023 annular eclipse (in yellow and black) and the 2024 overall eclipse (in purple and black). Shaded bands (yellow for the annular eclipse and purple for the overall eclipse) likewise show where a partial eclipse can be seen. Credit: NASA/Scientific Visualization Studio/Michala Garrison; eclipse computations by Ernie Wright, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Baligad is planning to handle the included blockage the day by strategically putting first responders.

The committee is preparing food stalls and suppliers for the expected crowds. They're also planning to buy an essential eclipse-viewing tool.

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" Our goal is to provide at least 30 to 50,000 glasses totally free of charge," Sullivan stated.

Despite all the preparation, Sullivan stated they're refraining from doing extra promo.

" Dripping Springs is currently a huge tourism destination because of the Hill Country. Therefore we're not really promoting it to individuals to come here, since I believe they're going to come anyway."