{"id":835950,"date":"2026-07-30T13:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/835950\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T13:30:20","slug":"solar-eclipse-wont-be-this-big-again-until-2081-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/835950\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar eclipse won\u2019t be this big again until 2081 | National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"pexels-israwmx-28244874\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Israel Torres via Pexels<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2024\/10\/03\/photographer-captures-jaw-dropping-images-of-annular-solar-eclipse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">solar eclipse<\/a> will be visible in the UK on Aug. 12 &#8211; and today an astronomer has revealed the best way to see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2025\/06\/17\/first-artificial-solar-eclipse-captured-in-orbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">solar eclipse<\/a> is set to be one of the largest ever seen in the UK, with 96% of the sun expected to be covered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An eclipse this large won&#8217;t happen again until 2081.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he adds that it is unlikely to get that dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The eclipse is quite late in the day, with the maximum occurring between 7:05 p.m. and 7:16 p.m. BST,&#8221; Mark said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The further south and south-west you are, the more coverage of the Sun you will see, but it will never be totally covered from the UK.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"pexels-rogelio-villanueva-1051244993-21299086\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1279\" height=\"721\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Rogelio Villanueva via Pexels<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best viewing spots are likely to be:<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moorenews.com\/news\/national\/fed-didn-t-raise-rates-after-all-will-mortgage-rates-fall\/article_c0daa6b4-e6e4-51ad-bb60-cbc3d6706eb9.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Fed Didn&#x2019;t Raise Rates After All &#x2014; Will Mortgage Rates Fall?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Fed Didn&#x2019;t Raise Rates After All &#x2014; Will Mortgage Rates Fall?\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1567\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moorenews.com\/news\/national\/how-to-budget-with-irregular-income-real-stories\/article_a6326d48-e116-54f3-bb37-09c4c6d7f5bd.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"How to Budget With Irregular Income: Real Stories\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"How to Budget With Irregular Income: Real Stories\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1567\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        Isles of ScillyLand&#8217;s EndCape CornwallHartland Point, DevonStrumble Head, PembrokeshireSouth Stack, North WalesNeist Point, Scotland<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Mark said: &#8220;Almost anywhere will see it as long as you have a clear view of the western horizon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While solar eclipses are magical spectacles, they can be dangerous to view.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Please don&#8217;t use a telescope or binoculars or any optical devices unless you are 100% sure you know what you are doing,&#8221; Mark said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The best way to see it is with eclipse glasses, which cost a few pounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At no point will it be safe to look at the Sun with the naked eye in the UK,&#8221; he added, saying that sunglasses are not good enough and do not block out enough UV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although worldwide, an eclipse of this size isn&#8217;t that rare &#8211; we get about 1-2 a year &#8211; for the UK, it&#8217;s extremely rare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The last one was in 1999, and the next one anywhere near as good as this one will be September 3, 2081,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next total <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2025\/07\/29\/sun-plays-peak-a-boo-with-spacecraft-during-eclipse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">eclipse<\/a> visible in the UK is set to be in 2090.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by Israel Torres via Pexels A solar eclipse will be visible in the UK on Aug. 12&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[291630,75738,19726,800,19728,49,48,147453,6297,70805,291337,19724,19723,2036,15846,19729,27643,66,81110,10133,308,19727,127],"class_list":["post-835950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-astrological-aspects","tag-astronomical-events","tag-astronomical-objects","tag-astronomy","tag-bodies-of-the-solar-system","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celestial-mechanics","tag-eclipse","tag-eclipses","tag-lauren-wilkin","tag-local-interstellar-cloud","tag-observational-astronomy","tag-outer-space","tag-physical-sciences","tag-planetary-science","tag-planets-of-the-solar-system","tag-science","tag-scientific-observation","tag-solar-eclipse","tag-solar-system","tag-space-science","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}