![]() It reached its maximum at 11:14am, concluding at 12:26pm. The partial solar eclipse 2021 started at 10:07am BST today, Thursday 10 June, in the UK. What time was the solar eclipse today in the UK? Check out our full Moon UK calendar and meteor shower UK calendar, and our astronomy for beginners guide. There are plenty of other astronomical wonders you can see in the sky later this year. If you missed the eclipse, don’t worry: you can see our curated gallery of the best 2021 solar eclipse pictures now. With the Moon almost covering the Sun completely, a full ‘ring of fire’ swept across the sky in what’s called an annular solar eclipse.īut why did the solar eclipse 2021 happen in the first place? When will the next one be in the UK? With the help of Dr Darren Baskill – astrophotographer and astronomy lecturer at the University of Sussex – all of these questions (and more) are orbiting below. Other parts of the northern hemisphere, such as areas of Greenland and the Arctic, managed to see a more spectacular sight. ![]() Meanwhile, a fifth of the Sun was obscured in southern parts of the UK, such as London. In Scotland, during the eclipse’s peak (11:14am) over a third of the Sun was blocked out by the Moon’s shadow. This is not a drill: from 10:07am on Thursday 10 June, people across the UK witnessed a partial solar eclipse.
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