Home 2024 Eclipse information for every community Illinois Olney
Here, you'll find all the information we've been able to find for Olney, as they prepare to host visitors to view the Great North American Eclipse of April 8, 2024!
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Latitude: 38.73088N
Longitude: 88.08532W
Partial phase start*: 12:46:13 (CDT (GMT-5)), at "04:30 o'clock" on the sun's disk
Duration of Totality*: 3m 49.9s
Totality Start*: 14:02:13 (CDT (GMT-5))
Mid-eclipse*: 14:04:08 (CDT (GMT-5))
*All times shown are calculated for the lat/long specified above, and are accurate to within a couple of seconds, due mainly to influences of the "edge effects" at the start and end of totality. For a more detailed explanation of this, please see the "About Accuracy" section ofthis great 2017 eclipse page by Ernie Wright of NASA!
*These calculations were performed using a value of ΔT=69.2s.
Please also note that these times have been converted from UTC; if you see times that say "UTC", "UT", or "GMT", those are NOT the local times for you in Olney!
Finally, please see our page about calculating eclipse times to the tenth of a second.
See all the great FREE resources we've put together for educators, media, and community leaders in Olney
Map of Olney and vicinity
Current Weather Forecast for Olney
CURRENT CLOUD COVER:
LOCAL | NATIONAL
Visit our "Weather" links for other great cloud cover forecast maps!
Olney is in the path of totality for the Total Solar Eclipse of 2024!
Observers there will see (approximately) 3m 49.9s of totality!
(Get your eclipse glasses here – you MUST have them to safely view the partial phases of the eclipse!)
First, we'd suggest you contact local Chambers of Commerce and/or Town/City Councils
for the locations you're interested in.
Next, check out eclipse viewing and event plans that have been sent to us by officials of Olney!
Official Plans for viewing the eclipse from Olney:
No plans have been submitted to us yet.
If you are an official of Olney, who is responsible for Eclipse2024 public outreach,
please send us information about your community’s 2024 eclipse plans – so we can share it here with everyone!
Please contact us if you have questions about anything related to the Eclipse2024.org Community Pages.See all the great FREE resources we've put together for educators, media, and community leaders in Olney
And please be sure to check out Dr. Kate Russo's excellent resources on eclipse planning!
Her two white papers are world-class resources you MUST read. You'll find them at her Eclipse Community Planning page!
Eclipse2024.org encourages everyone to get into the path of totality on eclipse day,
and see one of the greatest sights the sky has to offer!
(And make sure to have enough eclipse glasses on hand for everyone!)
See Eclipse2024.org’s eclipse simulator for Olney
Opens the amazing, full-featured eclipse2024.org eclipse simulator, to show you exactly what the eclipse will look like!
(If this is your first visit, you’ll want to open the Eclipse2024.org Eclipse Simulator Instruction page first!)
See detailed 2024 eclipse information for Olney
See all the great FREE resources we've put together for educators, media, and community leaders in Olney
We've written some very detailed information about viewing the 2024 eclipse from the area surrounding Olney.
You'll be able to find out when and where the eclipse will happen, and see animated maps of the eclipse throughout the region!
