{"id":735905,"date":"2026-08-12T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/735905\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T20:02:09","slug":"watch-back-the-partial-eclipse-seen-from-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/735905\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch back: The partial eclipse seen from the South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When is the peak?published at 18:08 BST<\/p>\n<p>18:08 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Depending on where you are in the UK, the eclipse will be at its maximum between 19:02 BST and 19:16 BST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In Reading, the partial solar eclipse will reach a maximum of 92.9% at 19:13 BST.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The further north, the earlier you will see the maximum eclipse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And, in general, the further west you are, more of the Sun will be covered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The best places to view the eclipse are from higher ground, or areas with a clear view towards the western horizon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The sun is partially covered by the moon.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3feb7745-a6bd-4517-9503-fdb6f61ebef5.jpg.webp\"  width=\"350\" height=\"197\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Agust\u00edn Marcarian\/ ReutersImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Annular solar eclipse as seen in Las Horquetas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When is the peak?published at 18:08 BST 18:08 BST Depending on where you are in the UK, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[59,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-735905","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\/735905","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=735905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}