A moment just after the total solar eclipse is captured from Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Carbondale on April 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
On April 8, Illinois will be among 13 states where daytime skies will dim as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun and completely blocking the sun. It will create a total solar eclipse. After Monday’s event, there won’t be another total solar eclipse for 20 years.
A gull flies below the partial solar eclipse at 2:52 p.m., as seen from Oak Street Beach on Monday, April 8, 2024, in Chicago. The eclipse reached 93.9% during its maximum in the city. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)Tamara Crain, of Carterville, Ill., and her daughter, Ko-Ko Crain, 17, view the solar eclipse right before totality at Crab Orchard Lake within Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Carbondale on April 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Chicagoans look up from Daley Plaza to watch the partial solar eclipse over the city Monday, April 8, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A crowd watches the solar eclipse at 12th Street Beach on Monday, April 8, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)A moment just after the total solar eclipse is captured from Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Carbondale on April 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Third and fourth grade students from Marquette Elementary School in Chicago watch the partial solar eclipse, April 8, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)People view the solar eclipse before totality at Crab Orchard Lake within Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Carbondale on April 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Vincent Lotesto paints the changing stages of the partial solar eclipse near the Adler Planetarium, April 8, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Chicagoans stop to watch the partial solar eclipse over Millennium Park on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Some people watch the partial solar eclipse while others enjoy the sunshine in Millennium Park on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Third and fourth grade students from Marquette Elementary School in Chicago view the partial solar eclipse, April 8, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)
Sean Wood, left, of Des Moines, and his son, Toren Wood, 9, view the total solar eclipse at Crab Orchard Lake within Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Carbondale on April 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Chicagoans stop to watch the partial solar eclipse over the city on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Alejandra Araseb salutes the partial solar eclipse at the Adler Planetarium, April 8, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
The total solar eclipse as seen from Crab Orchard Lake within Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in downstate Carbondale on April 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Sean Wood, of Des Moines, Iowa, watches his son, Toren Wood, 9, view the solar eclipse before totality at Crab Orchard Lake within Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Carbondale on April 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Nikita Aponté and Amanda Bean, of Chicago, watch the partial solar eclipse at 12th Street Beach, April 8, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Vincent Lotesto paints the changing stages of solar eclipse near the Adler Planetarium, Monday, April 8, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Chole Bernard, 4, and Amor Diaz, 3, preschool students from Marquette Elementary School in Chicago, watch the partial solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)Lavell Wells, of Chicago, lines up the sun with his telescope as crowds gather to watch the partial solar eclipse at the Adler Planetarium, April 8, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
A students from Marquette Elementary School in Chicago views the partial solar eclipse, April 8, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)David Buhovecky, of Houston, joins the crowd to watch the partial solar eclipse at the Adler Planetarium, April 8, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Gary and Lynn Harden, of Mount Sterling, Wis., view the solar eclipse at Crab Orchard Lake within Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Carbondale on April 8, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Brigid Dowdle, of Joliet, left, watches her daughters, Collins, 3, and Charlie, 7, draw a rainbow with chalk at Little Grassy Lake Campground in Makanda on April 7, 2024. The family plans to watch the eclipse there. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Marquez Scoggin, co-founder and co-owner of Project Human X, leads an eclipse themed painting class on April 5, 2024, at Alto Vineyards in Alto Pass. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)CJ Dugan, a producer at WGN, shows retired WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling his reflector telescope at Dugan’s friend’s campsite at Little Grassy Lake Campground in Makanda on April 7, 2024. Dugan and his family witnessed the 2017 eclipse with Skilling. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling, right, points out a sun spot on a projection of the sun as CJ Dugan, a producer at WGN, holds a paper plate up to his reflector telescope at Dugan’s friend’s campsite at Little Grassy Lake Campground in Makanda on April 7, 2024. Dugan and his family witnessed the 2017 eclipse with Skilling. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)SIU Alum, David Ely, of Kankakee, right, stands with his wife, Jan Ely, to pose for a picture during the Crossroads Astronomy, Science and Technology Expo at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale on April 7, 2024.(Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Krispy Kreme’s Total Solar Eclipse Doughnut photographed outside Krispy Kreme in Marion on April 6, 2024.(Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Sara Ressing, right, takes a photo of her husband, Elliott Zieman, and their sons, Harrison Zieman, 6, and Darwin Zieman, 3, during the Crossroads Astronomy, Science and Technology Expo at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale on April 7, 2024.(Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)CJ Dugan, a producer at WGN, shows retired WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling his reflector telescope at Dugan’s friend’s campsite at Little Grassy Lake Campground in Makanda on April 7, 2024. Dugan and his family witnessed the 2017 eclipse with Skilling. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)DJ Darrius Yancy, 4, creates his own eclipse craft at The Science Center table during the Crossroads Astronomy, Science and Technology Expo at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale on April 7, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
Jaci Fitchpatrick, left, of Peoria, speaks to Shari Humes, of Galesburg, while they attend an eclipse-themed painting class on April 5, 2024, at Alto Vineyards in Alto Pass. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Alisha Harmon, left, speaks to Angela Moll, second from left, and her two children, Lucas, 11, and Lily, 6, during the Crossroads Astronomy, Science and Technology Expo at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale on April 7, 2024.(Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)Retired WGN-TV meteorologist Tom Skilling, left, says hello to the father of CJ Dugan on FaceTime at Little Grassy Lake Campground in Makanda on April 7, 2024. Dugan, a producer at WGN, and his family witnessed the 2017 eclipse with Skilling. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)
