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This is a partial list of solar eclipses visible from Britain and Ireland between AD 1 – AD 2091.. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. Below is a complete list of total and annular eclipses visible anywhere within the modern extent of the United Kingdom between AD 1 and AD 2090 [1] and a ...
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, ... This page was last edited on 12 August 2024, at 03:35 (UTC).
The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 22, 1248. It contains total eclipses from October 9, 1428 through December 24, 1554; hybrid eclipses from January 3, 1573 through June 27, 1843; and annular eclipses from July 8, 1861 through May 21, 2384.
A partial solar eclipse was visible in the UK and Ireland on the morning of June 10, as the moon passed before the sun and blocked as much as 40 percent of it from view.The Royal Astronomical ...
Around 25 per cent of the sun was blocked in the eclipse, which began in Britain at 10:08am. The next partial lunar eclipse that will be visible from the UK is due to occur on 29 March, 2025 ...
This total solar eclipse had a maximum duration of 6 minutes and 38.86 seconds. The longest possible duration of a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes and 32 seconds. The longest annular solar eclipse of the 21st century took place on January 15, 2010, with a duration of 11 minutes and 7.8 seconds. The maximum possible duration is 12 minutes and ...
Unlike during a total solar eclipse, the moon only blocks part of the sun’s face, creating a crescent shape in which it appears the moon is taking a “bite” out of the sun.
The solar eclipse began at 08:30 GMT in northwest Europe, and moved towards the northeast, but was still in northern Europe. It was most visible from the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Faroe Islands, northern Norway and Murmansk Oblast. The shadow began its pass off the south coast of Greenland.