The phenomenon occurs every three years in Sweden and the fact that the solar eclipse is partial has to do with our geographical location. The moon is located between the earth and the sun and, in this case, covers part of the sun for the viewer.
On Thursday, it was time again and the Swedes could then glimpse the partial solar eclipse around Sweden. The eclipse began around 11.30 in the south and ended shortly after 14, in the north. At most 47 percent of the solar disk was covered and the phenomenon could be seen most clearly in northern Sweden.
The eclipse is typically seen more clearly in northern Sweden than in the south. In the far north, seen from the northernmost parts of the Arctic and parts of Canada, Greenland and easternmost Russia, Thursday’s solar eclipse could be seen as a thin ring of light.
The moon’s distance to the earth varies because it has a vague elliptical orbit around the earth. When the moon is further away, it looks slightly smaller from the earth and does not cover the entire solar disk – hence the ring of light over the Arctic.
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