Chicago's Adler Planetarium prepares for solar eclipse activities
CHICAGO â Next week's solar eclipse will require special shades when the moon and sun align.The last time a total eclipse was visible in Chicago was 2017.Experts say on April 8 in Chicago, the sun will be covered at about 94%. A team from the Adler Planetarium is preparing for the big event in Chicago and Carbondale in southern Illinois.
'While we may not see totality here, we'll still have 94% of the sun obscured by the moon, and so it'll still be awesome to view here in Chicago,' Miller said.Although it won't be a full totality in Chicago, people will still need an eclipse shade to view the eclipse.'The eclipse here in Chicago will start at 12:51 and extend to 3:22,' Miller said. 'So you're looking at about two-and-a-half hours of the eclipse going on.
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