Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 April 8
CIRCUMSTANCE DETAILS FOR DOWNTOWN CARBONDALE
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will occur in Carbondale, Illinois. Carbondale, although a relatively small city, happens to be the largest city along the eclipse path in Illinois. Sitting almost directly on the eclipse centerline, totality will last for about 4 minutes and 8 seconds in downtown Carbondale, only 19 seconds short of the eclipse maximum in the U.S. Such a long duration of totality almost seems like compensation for Carbondale; the city would have experienced about 2 minutes and 37 seconds of totality during the historic 2017 total solar eclipse, one of the longest durations in the country, if clouds hadn’t spoiled the show for many observers. Besides the 4-minute-plus duration, Carbondale will also be considered an eclipse hotspot in 2024 for another reason. In the lead-up to the 2017 eclipse, Carbondale and the entire Southern Illinois region was touted as the “Eclipse Crossroads of America” because it was the place where the centerline of the 2017 eclipse would cross the future centerline of the 2024 eclipse. The exact spot where the two centerlines meet is located not far from Carbondale, which will make the city an attractive destination for eclipse die-hards who want to stake a claim to seeing the eclipse near that spot or even try to find that exact spot on eclipse day.
Details based on a latitude/longitude of 37.72715° , -89.21681°
| Start of Partial Eclipse | 12:43:01 PM CDT |
| Start of Total Eclipse | 1:59:16 PM CDT |
| Maximum Eclipse | 2:01:21 PM CDT |
| End of Total Eclipse | 2:03:25 PM CDT |
| End of Partial Eclipse | 3:18:11 PM CDT |
| Duration of Totality | 4 min, 8 sec |
| Alt / Azi at Maximum | +56.7° / 209.3° |
Eclipse data courtesy of Fred Espenak, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, from eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
