{"id":727420,"date":"2026-08-04T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727420\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:56:08","slug":"when-the-solar-eclipse-can-be-seen-in-norfolk-in-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727420\/","title":{"rendered":"When the solar eclipse can be seen in Norfolk in August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  On August 12, the moon will pass in front of the sun, leaving only a tenth visible, marking the most dramatic solar eclipse in the UK since 1999.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The entire nation will witness this celestial event, with at least 90pc of the sun&#8217;s surface obscured.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"The moon about to pass in front of the sun creating a total solar eclipse. Illustration\"\/>The solar eclipse will be on August 12. (Image: Getty Images)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The eclipse is expected to last for around one hour and 48 minutes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In Norwich, the partial eclipse will start at 6.15pm, reaching its maximum at 7.11pm, before ending at 8.04pm.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The sky won\u2019t become totally dark but it will look like a cloudy day or later in the evening than it actually is, and the temperature may feel slightly cooler.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Anyone planning to watch the eclipse must never look directly at the sun without certified eclipse glasses or suitable solar filters, even when most of the sun is covered.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Normal sunglasses do not protect your eyes during the phenomenon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The last partial eclipse in Britain was in March 2025, when only 30 to 40pc of the sun was obscured.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This is the most coverage seen from the UK in 27 years since a total solar eclipse in Cornwall and Devon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On August 12, the moon will pass in front of the sun, leaving only a tenth visible, marking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-727420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-gb","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}