The partial eclipse, which is the first of the year and the 17th this century, will last around four hours from 0850 GMT to 1243 GMT.
Eclipses occur when the Sun, Moon and Earth all line up. When they perfectly align for a total solar eclipse, the Moon fully blots out the Sun's disc, creating an eerie twilight here on Earth.
“The alignment is not perfect enough for the cone of shadow to touch the Earth’s surface,“ Paris Observatory astronomer Florent Deleflie told AFP.
At most, the Moon will cover around 90 percent of the Sun's disc. The best view will be from northeastern Canada and Greenland at the peak time of 1047 GMT.
It will be less spectacular in other areas. In France, for example, between 10 to 30 percent of the Sun's disc will be obscured, depending on the region.
These smaller percentages of eclipse will not be visible to the naked eye.
Looking straight at the Sun -- during an eclipse or otherwise -- can lead to irreversible vision loss.
Even a slight defect or “microscopic hole” can cause eye damage, Deleflie warned.
Murray offered another option.
The partial eclipse will not turn up on a smartphone camera without a suitable filter, Deleflie added.
These events often happen after each other because the Moon has “completed a half-circle around the Earth in the meantime, reversing the configuration”, Deleflie explained.
More than 90 percent of the Sun will also be obscured in areas of Europe including Britain, France and Italy.
It will be the first total solar eclipse since one swept across North America in April 2024.
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