Peoria, Ill. (WMBD) – We are now just three years out from the second total solar eclipse to move across the United States in less than a decade. On April 8th, 2024 The ‘Great North American Eclipse’ will cast a shadow from Texas to Maine, including southern Illinois which experienced totality on August 21st, 2017. Show It was a long 38 year wait for the United States to experience a total solar eclipse prior to 2017. This time around the country only had to wait seven years, now three, for it’s next one. On April 8th, 2024, at approximately 1:18 pm, the moon will pass in front of the sun casting a shadow on the Earth below. The path of totality will pass directly over Carbondale, IL which was also in the path of totality in the Great Eclipse of 2017. The upcoming eclipse in 2024 will bring totality to a lot of major U.S. cities including Dallas, TX, Indianapolis, IN and Cleveland, OH. If you’ve never experienced a total solar eclipse, I highly recommend you make plans to try and catch this one. From watching the Blue Angels take flight, to storm chasing supercells across the Great Plains, I’ve never seen anything as cool, or as mesmerizing, as the total solar eclipse I experienced in 2017. You can watch our coverage of that eclipse here. Where’s the best place to view the total solar eclipse? As I mentioned earlier the path of totality will extend from Mexico all the way through Nova Scotia. Unfortunately the weather will play a role on who will, and will not, be able to view the solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024. Since it’s impossible to know what the weather has in-store for us this far out, our best bet is to look at climatology for some sort of idea. On Thursday, climatologist Brian Brettschneider shared a tweet showing the climatological percentage of cloud cover across the U.S. Based on climatology, your chances of seeing the Great North American Eclipse is better across the southern U.S. 
2024 Eclipse MapsOn April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will trace a narrow path of totality across 13 U.S. states. A detailed map of each state along the path of totality can be found below. The yellow lines outline the limits of the path of totality in each state. The green middle line represents the eclipse centerline, where totality lasts the longest in each state. The grey lines show the path of totality entering and exiting each state. To experience the total phase of the eclipse in each state, you must be within the yellow lines. The closer you are to the green centerline, the longer totality will last. Areas outside the path of totality will get a partial solar eclipse only. ECLIPSE STORE
2024 Total Eclipse CitiesOn April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will trace a narrow path of totality across 13 U.S. states. To experience the total phase of the 2024 eclipse, you must be located within the narrow path of totality. The following is a sampling of U.S. cities that are located within the path of totality on April 8, 2024. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier. ECLIPSE STORE
TEXAS(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
OKLAHOMA(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
ARKANSAS(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
MISSOURI(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
ILLINOIS(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
KENTUCKY(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
INDIANA(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
OHIO(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
PENNSYLVANIA(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
NEW YORK(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
VERMONT(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
NEW HAMPSHIRE(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier.
MAINE(click or tap on any column header to re-sort) (rotate screen horizontally for a sortable table)
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Note that times and durations can vary widely even within the same city and some cities are located only partially within the path of totality. All times and durations shown on this page are only representative samples and should be used for general comparison purposes only. To determine the precise start time, end time, and duration of totality for your exact location on eclipse day, use the interactive Google eclipse maps developed by Xavier Jubier. VIEW DETAILED MAPS OF THE PATH OF TOTALITY IN EACH STATE SEE A DETAILED STATE-BY-STATE OVERVIEW OF THE ECLIPSE When's the next solar eclipse in Illinois?Experience nature's greatest sight — a total eclipse of the Sun on April 8, 2024! The next solar eclipses in North America will be the Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14, 2023 and the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024!
Will the eclipse be visible in Illinois?November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Chicago
Alternatively you can view the old animation by clicking here. The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Chicago. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (CST) for Chicago.
What time will the 2024 solar eclipse be visible?When is the solar eclipse? The Great North American Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 will occur on April 8, 2024, starting in Mazatlán, Mexico, at 10:51 a.m. local time.
What time is the solar eclipse 2022 in Illinois?May 15, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Chicago, IL, USA. |
