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A solar eclipse will be visible over a wide area of the north polar region on Friday, March 20.England is not in the path of totality, but it's close enough so that a large part of the sun will be covered, and it will be a spectacular sight.For Londoners, the eclipse begins Friday morning at 8:25 AM,when the moon just begins to eat away at the sun's edge. It advances slowly, as moreand more of the sun disappears, and reaches maximum at 9:31 AM. Then the obscured part of the sun begins to shrink, and the complete disk is restored by the end of the eclipse at 10:41AM, after a period of 2 hours 16 minutes during which part of the sun appears to be missing.The catch in observing the eclipse is: YOU MUST NOT LOOK AT THE SUN.Staring at the sun for a period of time can cause permanent damage to your vision, even though you don't feel it while it's happening.This is not a useful place to try and give you complete instructions or suggestions for observing the sun over a period of hours. Please look in your local newspaper, or search online for phrases like "safe eclipse viewing".
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Yes, on the 20th of March. The eclipse will begin at 8.45am and the Moon will be nearest the middle of the Sun at 9.31am.
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