Partial solar eclipse over the Netherlands | Inland

Among other things, people can go to observatories to look at the eclipsed sun together. This is possible, for example, at the planetarium of the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam. Radboud University in Nijmegen has a live stream for children, where scientists explain what is happening.

The partial solar eclipse begins around 11:18 a.m. The climax is just over an hour later, at 12:22 PM. Then about 17 percent of the sun’s surface is covered. At 1.31 pm the last bit of the sun becomes visible again and the eclipse is over. Before the eclipse, people must wear suitable glasses, warns the Netherlands Graduate School for Astronomy, because looking straight into the sun is dangerous, even if it is partially obscured.

The eclipse could have consequences for companies and people with solar panels. These panels generate about 0.8 gigawatts less during the eclipse, because less sunlight falls on them. Electricity consumption itself is not falling, so grid operator TenneT has to get more power from other sources.

The eclipse can also be seen in other countries. The best views have people in Northeastern Canada, Greenland and the Far East of Russia.

Partial solar eclipses are more common in the Netherlands, complete eclipses are rare. The last total eclipse that could be seen from the Netherlands happened in May 1715, the next one is in October 2135.

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