Full Solar Eclipse Expected April 8

Thank you to the D70 Family Associations for providing students and staff with protective eyewear to optionally observe the solar eclipse expected on April 8.

In Libertyville, the moon will cover about 91.5 percent of the sun at the peak of the eclipse, according to a NASA map that is searchable by ZIP code.

Here are the local estimated details:
A partial eclipse begins at 12:51 p.m.
Totality begins at 1:32 p.m.
Maximum eclipse begins at 2:06 p.m.
Totality ends at 2:40 p.m.
Partial ends at 3:21 p.m.