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Where and When To See Spectacle Tonight

Photo voltaic eclipse day is lastly right here, that means we’re simply hours away from a slender strip of Mexico, the US and Canada being plunged into full darkness. However it’s not simply North America that may witness the spectacle – a partial eclipse (the place the moon will kind of block out the solar’s mild) may also be skilled in some locations throughout Europe. 

The spectacle received’t be seen in all places, however you is perhaps fortunate. Right here’s all the information about how and if you might glimpse the phenomenon, primarily based on the place you might be in Europe.  

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The place in Europe are you able to see tonight’s photo voltaic eclipse? 

The view of tonight’s eclipse shall be fairly restricted in Europe. Nonetheless, individuals in components of the UK and Eire will catch a glimpse of the partial eclipse between 7.50pm and 8pm GMT, particularly in Cork, Limerick, Galway and Dublin in Eire, and Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Leeds and Liverpool within the UK (if there are clear skies – fingers crossed). 

Whereas the remainder of Europe received’t see something, the eclipse shall be streamed on NASA’s web site, which you’ll be able to tune into proper right here

One other complete eclipse is about to happen on August 12, 2026 over Greenland, Iceland and Spain. And virtually precisely a 12 months afterward August 2, 2027, there’ll be one seen from northern Africa, Gibraltar and the Saudi peninsula. Sadly, the UK received’t be so fortunate, as the subsequent complete eclipse seen from the nation shall be in 2090.

What time will the eclipse occur?

The eclipse will start at round 8.52pm and finish at 9.51pm CET. That’s an hour earlier within the UK, at 7.52pm till 8.51pm GMT – however you possibly can examine timings for particular areas right here. 

That is how one can watch the eclipse within the US and within the UK.

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