UK to get best eclipse since 1999 as Moon blocks out Sun across Europe
In much of the UK, clear skies should give many a good view of the eclipse. "What they will see is about a minute and 40 seconds of totality. Then, as the Sun is completely blocked, a pearly-white rim will appear around it.
- ▪In much of the UK, clear skies should give many a good view of the eclipse.
- ▪"What they will see is about a minute and 40 seconds of totality.
- ▪Then, as the Sun is completely blocked, a pearly-white rim will appear around it.
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UK to get best eclipse since 1999 as Moon blocks out Sun across EuropeImage source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, A partial solar eclipse pictured in Christchurch, New Zealand, in September 2025ByEsme Stallard, Senior climate and science reporter, Rebecca Morelle , Science editor and Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondentPublished3 minutes agoThe UK will be treated to its fullest solar eclipse since 1999 - and the best the country will see for the next 50 years - on Wednesday evening.It will be visible across the whole of the UK, with up to 96% of the Sun's disc covered by the Moon, depending on your location.Other parts of the world will get to witness a total eclipse.
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