{"id":733269,"date":"2026-08-10T07:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733269\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T07:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T07:46:08","slug":"solar-eclipse-the-best-places-to-see-the-event-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/733269\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar eclipse: The best places to see the event in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Wednesday 12 August, Londoners will be able to see a rare partial solar eclipse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A solar eclipse takes place when the Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth, blocking the Sun&#8217;s light either partially or completely. This casts a small shadow on the Earth for a short period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">During this eclipse, around 90% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon for people viewing it from London. According to Royal Museums Greenwich, this is the greatest coverage visible from the UK since 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Here&#8217;s what you need to know about the solar eclipse, including the best places to watch it in the capital and how to do so safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The museums say there will be a noticeable difference in temperature and light levels. However, as it is not a total eclipse, the sky will not become completely dark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After this week&#8217;s event, the UK will not see another deep partial solar eclipse until 2050, while the next total solar eclipse visible from the UK is not due until 2090.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday 12 August, Londoners will be able to see a rare partial solar eclipse. A solar eclipse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-733269","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\/733269","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=733269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}