2024 Solar Eclipse In Libertyville: What You Need To Know For April 8

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — Excitement is building in Libertyville for the Monday, April 8 total solar eclipse. We’re among about 32 million people living in the path of totality for 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 Libertyville, the moon will cover about 91.5 percent of the sun at the peak of the eclipse, according to a NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

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Here are the details:

• Partial eclipse begins: 12:51 p.m.
• Totality begins: 1:32 p.m.
• Maximum: 2:06 p.m.
• Totality ends: 2:40 p.m.
• Partial ends: 3:21 p.m.

Right now, it looks like we could have for the big event.

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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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