When Is The Eclipse 2024 Chicago. Use the slider on the map above to show you when totality will happen as the eclipse passes through. Chicago is not going to see a total eclipse this time around, but where you are could still offer something.

The city’s partial solar eclipse will begin around 12:51 p.m., and by 1:33 p.m. After the spectacular total solar eclipse on august 21, 2017, totality again visits illinois on april 8, 2024!