A partial solar eclipse is set to grace the skies in the UK next week as the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun.
On Tuesday morning, skygazers across the country will be able to see nearly a sixth of the Sun being blocked out by the Moon, with those in northern Scotland expected to enjoy particularly good views. Dr Robert Massey, of the Royal Astronomical Society, said the phenomenon will cause the Moon to block the view of “some or all of the bright solar surface”, and the Sun will “appear to have a bite taken out of it”.
Observers in western Siberia, Russia, will get the best view of the eclipse, where the Moon will obscure a maximum of 85 per cent of the Sun, Dr Massey added. In London, the eclipse will begin at 10:08am on October 25, with the maximum eclipse occurring at 11.13am, when the Moon will cover close to 15 per cent of the Sun.
