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A total solar eclipse is happening today, as the moon moves between the sun and our planet. Unfortunately, the Philippines isn’t one of the areas where the phenomenon will be visible.
“Only a small part of the world will experience the full eclipse — known as a totality — but some residents of Europe and even North Africa and Asia can enjoy a partial eclipse in the morning,” reports James Vincent on The Verge.
The report noted: “Astronomers say the eclipse is set to be particularly striking, as the Moon is currently at the point of its elliptical orbit closest to the Earth — a configuration technically known as the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system but more memorably dubbed the ‘supermoon.'”
The report then said that “only residents of the Faroe Islands — a tiny, self-governing country off the northern coast of the UK — will experience an 100 percent occlusion of the Sun.”
Meanwhile, the report indicated that “people in the north of Scotland and Norway will have the next best experience (around a 90 to 95% occlusion), while for UK residents, the height of the eclipse will be a roughly 85% occlusion at 09.30am GMT.”
It added that “the best time to see the eclipse in Paris and Berlin will be around 10.30am local time.”
In any case, Pinoys can still view the total solar eclipse from on Sat, Mar 21, from 3:41pm to 7:50pm through a webcast hosted by Sloooh.
