Millions of people across the UK and Europe watched a solar eclipse as the Moon covered the Sun to varying degrees across the region.
In the UK, more than 90% of the Sun was obscured by the Moon. The event gave viewers a major partial eclipse, with the Sun not fully covered from the UK but significantly reduced during the spectacle.
Elsewhere in Europe, a full eclipse was visible in Spain and Iceland. Those locations experienced a different view from the UK, where the eclipse did not reach total coverage.
The eclipse drew widespread attention because of the scale of visibility across multiple countries. For observers in the UK, the main feature was the extent of the Moon’s coverage of the Sun, while viewers in Spain and Iceland were able to see the full eclipse.
The latest reported situation is that millions watched the event across the UK and Europe, with the strongest coverage in the UK reaching more than 90% and full visibility recorded in Spain and Iceland.
