Total Solar Eclipse: How Much We’ll See In Buffalo Grove

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Excitement is building in Buffalo Grove for the April 8 total solar eclipse. We’re not among some 32 million Americans living in the path of totality, but neither will we miss out on the celestial sensation.

In the United States, the path of totality extends from Texas to Maine, but each of the 48 continental states will see some of the solar eclipse, which occurs when the moon slips between our bright star and Earth. In Buffalo Grove, the moon will cover about 92.4 percent of the sun at the peak of the eclipse, according to a NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

Here are the details:
Partial eclipse begins: 12:51 p.m.
Totality begins: 1:33 p.m.
Maximum: 2:07 p.m.
Totality ends: 2:41 p.m.
Partial ends: 3:21 p.m.

The eclipse will last 3 hours and 30 minutes from beginning to end in Buffalo Grove.

The Vernon Area Public Library, located in Lincolnshire, had been giving out free solar eclipse glasses for cardholders, but had sold out as of Wednesday.

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Right now, it looks like we could have some precipitation (80 percent chance) and cloudy skies (39 degrees) for the big event, according to NASA.

The total solar eclipse starts in Mexico, entering the United States in Texas and traveling through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, as well as small parts of Tennessee and Michigan, before entering Canada in southern Ontario through Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton before exiting continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

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