ELY: The solar eclipse is just a day away as millions of people wait to witness an astronomical spectacle that will not be seen again in the UK for another 10 years.
Around the UK the amount of the Sun covered by the Moon will increase the further north you are.
Coverage will range from 84% in London to 89% in Manchester, 93% in Edinburgh, and 97% in Lerwick in the Shetland Isles.
Times will also vary with the eclipse beginning in the capital at 8.24am, reaching its maximum extent at 9.31am and ending at 10.41am.
For anyone watching in Edinburgh it will start at 8.30am and peak at 9.35am.
Only people in the Faroe Islands and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in the North Atlantic will witness a total eclipse.
The last solar eclipse of such significance was on 11 August 1999, and was “total” – with 100% of the Sun covered – when seen from Cornwall.
Another “deep” partial eclipse visible in the UK will not occur until 12 August 2026 and the next total eclipse not until September 2090.
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