{"id":56637,"date":"2024-04-04T07:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T07:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4df2dfc1-91b1-41cc-86b6-c955d037ba38"},"modified":"2024-04-04T08:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T08:09:38","slug":"in-the-uk-and-missing-the-april-solar-eclipse-fear-not-were-about-to-get-seven-solar-eclipses-in-seven-years","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/in-the-uk-and-missing-the-april-solar-eclipse-fear-not-were-about-to-get-seven-solar-eclipses-in-seven-years\/","title":{"rendered":"In the UK and missing the April solar eclipse? Fear not, we’re about to get seven solar eclipses in seven years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Between 2024 and 2030 the U.K. will experience a partial solar eclipse every year. Here’s when, where and what to expect. <\/p>

By <\/p>

Published: Thursday, 04 April 2024 at 07:43 AM<\/p>

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If you’re in the UK and you’re waiting for a total solar eclipse to come to you, you’ll need saint-like patience.<\/p>

Totality will next visit the British Isles on 23 September 2090.<\/p>

But before this decade is out the Sun will be partially eclipsed no fewer than seven times as seen from the UK, with the biggest being a whopping 96%.<\/p>

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about upcoming UK solar eclipses<\/a> for the rest of the decade.<\/p>

For more advice, read our guide to find out when the next eclipse<\/a> is taking place or visit NASA’s spectacularly detailed eclipse website<\/a> for maps and timings<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

7 upcoming UK solar eclipses<\/strong><\/h2>8 April 2024 – Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Lake District, Lancaster<\/strong><\/h3>The Lake District is one of few places in the UK where the April 8 solar eclipse will be just about visible. Credit: Joe Daniel Price \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Mexico, the USA and Canada are getting very excited about the April 8 total solar eclipse<\/a>, which brings up to 4 minutes 28 seconds of totality.<\/p>
That makes it the longest on land since 2010.<\/p>
However, the UK does get a look in, of sorts, during the April 8 2024 eclipse\u2019s very final moments.<\/p>
From Northern Ireland and the west coasts of Scotland and Wales, as well as from the Lake District and Lancaster, a partial solar eclipse will begin on 8 April 2024 just as the Sun is setting.<\/p>
Observers need to be as far south and west as possible to see anything, with a flat ocean horizon (and clear skies) critical.<\/p>
$\"Chart$
Chart showing how the April 8 2024 solar eclipse will appear from the UK. Credit: Pete Lawrence<\/figcaption><\/figure>
From north-west Scotland, the horns of a partially eclipsed Sun will set, as this simulation<\/a> shows.\u00a0<\/p>
From the North Atlantic, it will be technically possible to see a totally eclipse sunset.<\/p>
That\u2019s a bucket-list view for even very experienced eclipse-chasers and it\u2019s precisely what may be seen by cruisers on the Fred Olsen Cruise Lines\u2019 Bolette<\/a>, which will divert from its route from Southampton to the Azores to intercept the path of totality just as the moon\u2019s shadow leaves Earth.<\/p>
That could be a spectacular prelude to some more sure-fire partial solar eclipses from the UK mainland in the late-2020s.<\/p>
For more info, read our guide on observing the April 8 solar eclipse from UK and Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>
29 March 2025 – all of UK<\/strong><\/h3>
$\"London$
London will see 30% of the Sun disappear behind the Moon during the 29 March 2025 partial solar eclipse. Credit: Peter Zelei Images \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Next comes a partial solar eclipse that\u2019s almost a total.<\/p>
From Hudson Bay in a remote part of northern Quebec, Canada, as much as 94% of the Sun will be eclipsed.<\/p>
Those looking for good upcoming UK solar eclipses should take note.<\/p>
From the UK it this one still be significant, with the Outer Hebrides seeing about 47%, Northern Ireland 44% and West Wales 38%.<\/p>
Londoners will see 30% of the Sun disappear behind the Moon.<\/p>
This mid-morning event with the eclipse about 40\u00ba up in the southeast at the peak, however, is destined to be overshadowed.\u00a0<\/p>
12 August 2026 – all of UK<\/strong><\/h3> $\"The$
The Scilly Isles will see a 96% partial solar eclipse just before sunset on 12 August 2026. Credit: Roger Tidman \/ Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Europe\u2019s first total solar eclipse since 1999 will bring up to 2 minutes and 18 seconds of totality to Iceland and Spain on 12 August 2026, with a totally eclipsed sunset visible from Ibiza, Mallorca and Menorca).<\/p>
The path of totality for the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse cruelly misses the British Isles by a few hundred miles.<\/p>
Those who can\u2019t travel will be treated to a huge partial solar eclipse just before sunset peaking at 96% in the Scilly Isles.<\/p>
Everywhere in the UK will see at least an 89% partially eclipsed Sun on 12 August 2026, about 13\u00ba above the northwestern horizon.\u00a0<\/p>
This is probably one of the best UK solar eclipses happening this decade.<\/p>
2 August 2027 – all of UK<\/strong><\/h3> $\"The$
The Shetland Isles will see just a 13. Credit: Ashley Cooper \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>
An entire lunar year later another solar eclipse occurs.<\/p>
This time it\u2019s the big one, with a total solar eclipse across the Straits of Gibraltar, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula bringing as much as 6 minutes 23 seconds of totality.<\/p>
That will occur over Luxor, Egypt in the longest totality of the century, with Mecca in Saudi Arabia also in the path of totality.<\/p>
From the UK it\u2019s again the Scilly Isles that see most of the partial eclipse at 48%, reducing to 13% for the Shetland Isles.<\/p>
Londoners get 42%.<\/p>
The eclipse will peak around 10:00 a.m. as the Sun and Moon are around 37\u00b0 above the eastern horizon.<\/p>
26 January 2028 – all of UK<\/strong><\/h3>
$\"Northern$
Northern Ireland will be one of the best places in the UK to see the 26 January 2028 solar eclipse, with 42) and Cornwall (55%) will also fare well. Credit: Sara Winter \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>
The 26 January 2028 eclipse is arguably the most exciting of all UK solar eclipses this decade, but being furthest west will help. <\/p>
On 26 January the prize is a partially eclipsed sunset above the southwestern horizon.<\/p>
The best places to be include Northern Ireland (42%), West Wales (51%) and Cornwall (55%).<\/p>
Further afield this is an annular solar eclipse<\/a>, where the apparent size of the new Moon isn\u2019t quite large enough to cover the Sun.<\/p>
The \u2018ring of fire\u2019 eclipse on 26 January 2028 will be seen from within a mostly seaborne path that begins in the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean and ends in southern Spain and the Balearic Islands.<\/p>
A \u2018ring of fire\u2019 sunset will be seen from Ibiza and Mallorca.\u00a0<\/p>
12 June 2029 – eastern Scotland, northeast England<\/strong><\/h3>
$\"Northeast$
Northeast England and eastern Scotland will be among the best places in the UK to see the 12 June 2029 partial solar eclipse. Credit: M J Turner Photography \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>
A slight 34% partial solar eclipse will be visible in Iceland, Greenland, Scandinavia, northern Canada, Alaska and Siberia. The U.K. gets a slight glimpse of this one.<\/p>
Like in 2024, it\u2019s a slight view, only those on the eastern coast of Scotland and northeast England in position for a 19% eclipse sunrise.<\/p>
Even from the Shetland Islands, it will be only 2\u00ba above the northeastern horizon.<\/p>
1 June, 2030 – all of UK<\/strong><\/h3>
$\"On$
On 1 June 2030, southeast England will be the best place in the UK to see the sunrise partial solar eclipse. Credit: Oscar Stewart \/ Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Another annular solar eclipse, this visible from within a path from Algeria to Japan, brings a sunrise partial solar eclipse to the UK<\/p>
From all locations the eclipse will begin as, or just after, the Sun rises in the east, with as much as 49% being obscured as it hangs 12\u00ba above the southeastern horizon.<\/p>
On 1 June 2030, southeast England will see the most significant eclipse.<\/p>
The UK may not be the best place in the world to hang out waiting for a total solar eclipse.<\/p>
But British eclipse-chasers can look forward to a few enticing sights from home in the 2020s with some tempting opportunities for short-haul eclipse-chasing.\u00a0<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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