{"id":1144741,"date":"2026-08-12T17:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1144741\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:32:22","slug":"when-will-london-get-another-solar-eclipse-after-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1144741\/","title":{"rendered":"When will London get another solar eclipse after 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/newsletter_we_final_embed_desktop.png\" alt=\"WEST END FINAL\" width=\"175\" height=\"192\" class=\"sc-bIaHMm clJOzG\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Londoners are excitedly awaiting this evening\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/solar-eclipse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">solar eclipse<\/a>, which is set to be the deepest once over the UK since 1999.,<\/p>\n<p>The eclipse will begin at 6.17pm, before reaching its peak between 7.02pm and 7.16pm, when up to 96% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/sun\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sun<\/a> will be obscured.<\/p>\n<p>But eye experts have warned people never to look directly at the Sun, as doing so can cause serious and potentially permanent damage to eyesight. Only approved solar-viewing equipment should be used.<\/p>\n<p>When is the next solar eclipse?<\/p>\n<p>There will be several partial eclipses in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>On August 2, 2027, a partial eclipse will be visible from the UK during the morning, with around 30% to 45% of the Sun covered.<\/p>\n<p>The partial eclipse will begin around 9am in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/london\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London<\/a>. It will reach maximum at 10am and end around 11am.<\/p>\n<p>Another small partial eclipse will follow on January 26, 2028.<\/p>\n<p>But the most dramatic partial eclipse will not arrive until September 3, 2081, when around 99% of the Sun is expected to be obscured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Londoners are excitedly awaiting this evening\u2019s solar eclipse, which is set to be the deepest once over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1144742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,45782,16,15],"class_list":["post-1144741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-london","tag-solar-eclipse","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117083738806813666","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1144741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1144741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1144742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1144741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1144741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1144741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}