A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, blocking some or all of the Sun’s light and casting a shadow on our planet.
As time ticked by, slowly but surely the Moon obscured more of the Sun – acting like a dimmer switch as it did so.
As seen from the UK, the Sun, Moon and Earth were not quite directly in line.
The result was a partial eclipse, with the Moon covering about 90% of the Sun for most of the UK – the country’s most dramatic eclipse since 1999. In Cornwall, this was as high as 95%.
Parts of Spain got to experience something even more magical.
At roughly 19:30 BST (20:30 local time), the Sun, Moon and Earth were perfectly aligned – a total eclipse.
