09/06/2021
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☀️🌑🌍 In the morning of Thursday 10 June the UK will experience a partial solar eclipse.
When viewing a solar eclipse you should never look directly at the Sun. Find out what's going to happen and how you can watch safely from the UK. 👇
A partial eclipse occurs when the Moon is seen to only partially cover the Sun allowing a section of the Sun’s light to be blocked. The amount of the Sun’s light blocked by the Moon depends on where in the world you’re viewing from. In Canada, Greenland and Siberia viewers will witness an annular solar eclipse. The Moon will be too far away to block out all of the Sun’s light and so a ‘Ring of Fire’ is created.
🇬🇧 In the UK, the best place to view a partial eclipse is in the North of Scotland where you can see almost 50% coverage of the Sun at the eclipse’s maximum. The eclipse will occur late in the morning in the UK, with the specific time of the eclipse dependent on your location. At the National Space Centre in Leicester, the Moon will obscure 22.9% of the Sun’s light and will last for almost two and a half hours, beginning at 10:07 and coming to an end at 12:25, with the maximum eclipse at 11:14 (all times BST).
👀 To watch safely we recommend using eclipse glasses, a colander and a piece of paper or a pinhole viewer. Find out more in our blog. 👇
https://spacecentre.co.uk/blog-post/partial-solar-eclipse-2021/
