Viewing events planned across Netherlands for rare near-total solar eclipse on August 12
Summary
The Netherlands will see a near-total solar eclipse on August 12. The rare event has prompted observatories and universities all over the country to organize public viewing events. The next opportunities to see the near-total eclipse will come in 2081 and 2090.The eclipse will begin at about 7:15 p.m. and continue until shortly after 9 p.m., around sunset. The sun will be low on the northwestern horizon. The eclipse will reach its peak at about 8:11 p.m., when the moon will cover nearly 90 percent of the sun's disk.