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Evening Standard
UK · 1 hrs ago

When will London get another solar eclipse?

Londoners watched a spectacular solar eclipse on Wednesday evening, the deepest over the UK since 1999.The nearly two-hour long event began at 6.17pm, before reaching its peak around 7.15pm, when around 90% of the Sun was obscured.People gather to view the partial solar eclipse in Greenwich ParkGettyA spontaneous round of applause broke out across the hills of Greenwich Park to greet the moment of peak eclipse, with many desperately attempting to capture the moment on their phone cameras.When is the next solar eclipse?There will be several partial eclipses in the years ahead - but a long time until one is seen as deep as this one.On August 2, 2027, a partial eclipse will be visible from the UK during the morning, with around 30% to 45% of the Sun covered.The partial eclipse will begin arou
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