Figuring out the cities and towns that will be in the dark the longest during the solar eclipse on Aug. 21 is like figuring who made the final cut for the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
Greer made the cut for eclipse totality at 2:38 p.m. for 1 minute, 25 seconds. Spartanburg is not in the path of totality and Greenville is.
Here are the cities, in alphabetical order, time when moon will block the sun and length of time the moon will block the sun.
Abbeville: 2:39 p.m., 2 minutes, 12 seconds
Anderson: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 34 second
Berea: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 14 seconds
Belton: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 27 seconds
Brevard: 2:37 p.m., 1 minute, 4 seconds
Calhoun Falls: 2:39 p.m., 1 minute, 20 seconds
Central: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 38 seconds
Charleston: 2:46 p.m., 1 minute, 33 seconds
Clayton: 2:35 p.m., 2 minutes, 35 seconds
Clemson: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 37 seconds
Columbia: 2:46 p.m., 1 minute, 33 seconds
Cross Anchor: 2:39 p.m., 1 minute, 58 seconds
Donalds: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 35 seconds
Due West: 2 minutes, 31 seconds
Duncan: 2:38 p.m., 1 minute, 7 seconds
Easley: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Fair Play: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 18 seconds
Five Forks: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 3 seconds
Fountain Inn: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 20 seconds
Franklin: 2:35 p.m., 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Gaston: 2:41 p.m., 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Gray Court: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 25 seconds
Greenville: 2:38, 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Greenwood: 2:39 p.m., 2 minutes, 28 seconds
Greer: 2:38 p.m., 1 minute, 25 seconds
Hodges: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 32 seconds
Honea Path: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Isle of Palms: 2:46 p.m., 1 minute, 55 seconds
Iva: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 10 seconds
Laurens: 2:39 p.m., 2 minutes 30 seconds
Liberty: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 34 seconds
Little Mountain: 2:40 p.m., 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Lyman: 2:39 p.m., 55 seconds
Marietta: 2:37 p.m., 1 minute, 44 seconds
Mauldin: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 15 seconds
McCormick: 2:40 p.m., 1 minute, 5 seconds
Mountain Rest: 2:36 p.m., 2 minutes, 39 seconds
Newberry: 2:40 p.m., 2 minutes, 32 seconds
Ninety Six: 2:39 p.m., 2 minutes, 32 seconds
Orangeburg: 2:43 pm., 2 minutes, 22 seconds
Pawleys Island: 2:47 p.m., 39 seconds
Pelzer: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 35 seconds
Pendleton: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes and 37 seconds
Pickens: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 27 seconds
Piedmont: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 32 seconds
Powdersville: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 26 seconds
Prosperity: 2:40 p.m., 2 minutes 33 seconds
Roebuck: 2:39 p.m., 46 seconds
Salem: 2:36 p.m., 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Seneca: 2:36 p.m., 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Simpsonville: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 17 seconds
Six Mile: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Slayer-Marietta: 2:37 p.m., 1 minute, 40 seconds
• Spartanburg is outside the path of totality
Starr: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 19 seconds
Startex: 2:39 p.m., 57 seconds
Sullivan’s Island: 2:46 p.m., 1 minute, 44 seconds
Taylors: 2:38 p.m., 1 minute, 47 seconds
Toccoa: 2:36 p.m., 1 minute, 59 seconds
Townville: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 29 seconds
Travelers Rest: 2:37 p.m., 1 minute, 50 seconds
Walhalla: 2:36 p.m., 2 minutes, 37 seconds
Ware Shoals: 2:38 p.m., 2 minutes, 37 seconds
Wellford: 2:39 p.m., 45 seconds
West Pelzer: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 35 seconds
West Union: 2:36 p.m., 2 minutes, 37 seconds
Westminster: 2:36 p.m., 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Whitmire: 2:40 p.m., 2 minutes, 2 seconds
Williamston: 2:37 p.m., 2 minutes, 36 seconds
Woodruff: 2:39 p.m., 1 minute, 57 seconds