A bitten apple in the sky: This is how the solar eclipse over Luxembourg looked like
On Saturday afternoon, an impressive natural spectacle occurred via Luxembourg: A partial solar eclipse. In this process, the moon pushes between the earth and the sun, but only partially hides it. In contrast to a total solar eclipse, which only occurs in one place every hundred years, this phenomenon in Europe can be observed every few years.
Depending on the location on Earth, the degree of coverage varies. In Luxembourg, the scale of the sun was almost 19 percent – the sun disk was reminiscent of a bitten apple. At 11.16 a.m. the edge of the moon disk touched the sun for the first time. The highlight of the finish was reached at 12.07 p.m. before the event ended at 12.59 p.m.
Planetary parade, northern lights and an asteroid in focus
The LW photographers Claude Windeshausen and Claude Piscitelli recorded the impressive spectacle with their cameras. Not everywhere in the Grand Duchy, the observers had a clear view of the sky phenomenon because of the prevailing cloud cover. However, this did not prevent the photographers in Niederschen from joining together and capturing the extraordinary event together in the picture. Anyone who missed the spectacle on Saturday has to be patient: The next partial solar eclipse will be on August 12, 2026.
On August 11, 1999 Incidentally, the last, total solar eclipse visible in the Grand Duchy. If you want to experience the next total solar eclipse, you unfortunately have to be disappointed: it will only be seen in Luxembourg on June 14, 2151.
