The inhabitants of the northern hemisphere – from Eastern Canada to Siberia – had the opportunity to observe a partial eclipse of the sun on Saturday in which The moon covered up to a fifth of the visible part of the sun. While in Britain, Germany or France the conditions for observation were suitable, in Central Europe was under the cloud, DPA reported and news website Novinky.cz, writes TASR.
This partial solar eclipse was 17. In the 21st century and the first in 2025wrote the French daily Le Parisien. As DPA said, a partial solar eclipse could be observed in parts of North America, Europe, Africa, Northern Asia, Small parts of South America, throughout Greenland and Iceland, as well as in a large part of the Atlantic and Northern Ice Ocean.
Authorities of many states – eg. in Britain and Germany – warned their inhabitants, So that they do not look directly into the sun without visual protection, especially not through the telescope. They recommended that those who want to see the eclipse, have special protective glasses or use an indirect way of observing – projection of the image of the sun on another surface.
The eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon in the new phase finds itself on a straight line between the sun and the ground and Looking from the ground, it covers the solar disk or part of it. When the moon covers the whole sun, it is a complete eclipse.
Another partial solar eclipse observable in Central Europe is expected on August 12, 2026. It will be more pronounced and in some parts of Europe, for example in Spain, it will be visible even as complete. “It will be the largest partial eclipse visible in Central Europe until July 13, 2075,” The Czech astronomical company warned on its website.
