If you were lucky enough to be in the Carbondale region in Southern Illinois to witness the eclipse—with the right glasses, of course—then you experienced a 3-minute totality during which night descended on the area for a spell. And during that moment, viewers could see Jupiter and Venus.
In Chicago, however, viewers were treated to only a partial eclipse.
The solar eclipse in the city started at 12:51 p.m., with almost half of the sun covered by 1:33 p.m. By 2:07 p.m., Chicago reached its peak eclipse coverage at 93.9%.
Greatest freaking eclipse in the world. pic.twitter.com/FZ1gCCrUFK
— City of Chicago (@chicago) April 9, 2024
Still, thousands flocked to the lakefront, the Adler Planetarium and Pullman National Historical Park to witness the event.
If you want to catch the following two total solar eclipse events, you will need to pack your passport.
The next one is expected to be in 2026 and will be visible from the northern edges of Greenland, Iceland and Spain. A year later, another eclipse will pass over Northern Africa. Totality won’t return to North America until 2033, limited to Alaska. After that, the next opportunity is in 2044, with totality expected in western Canada, Montana, and North Dakota.
The next major eclipse event for the lower 48 will occur in 21 more years. In 2045, one will span Northern California to Cape Canaveral, Florida.
If you are impatient and do not want to wait that long, the YouTube video below is a replay of the total eclipse.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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