Scotland will be the best place to view the partial solar eclipse that will grace skies across the UK next week as the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. On Tuesday morning (October 25), 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 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”.
In London, the eclipse will begin at 10:08am, with the maximum eclipse occurring at 11.13am, when the Moon will cover close to 15% of the Sun. But Lerwick in the Shetland Isles is expected to have a better view, with 28% of the Sun obscured at mid-eclipse.
