Eclipses

In a total solar eclipse the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun and, along a narrow path across the Earth, blocks it completely. For a few minutes the sky darkens and the Sun's faint outer atmosphere, the corona, becomes visible. Outside that central path observers see only a partial eclipse, with the Sun reduced to a crescent.

Whether you can see this eclipse, and how much of it, depends on where you are on Earth. This page lists the global event and the time of greatest eclipse in UTC; a solar eclipse is only visible from the daytime side of the planet along its path, while a lunar eclipse can be seen from anywhere the Moon is above the horizon.