The Lazy Person’s Guide To Watching The Solar Eclipse

Here’s all the information you need to watch tomorrow’s solar eclipse, even if you’ll be stuck at your desk.

On Friday there's a solar eclipse happening that'll be visible from the UK!

On Friday there's a solar eclipse happening that'll be visible from the UK!

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Only the Faroe Islands and Svalbard, Norway, are getting the total eclipse experience, but part of the UK will be 97% there. According to the Royal Astronomical Society:

In London the partial phase of the eclipse begins at 08:25 GMT. Maximum eclipse is at 09:31 GMT when 85% of the Sun will be blocked. The eclipse ends at 10:41 GMT.

From Edinburgh 93% of the Sun will be covered and from Lerwick in the Shetland Isles, the Moon will obscure 97% of the solar disk.

NASA / eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov


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