On March 29, the Moon will wedge itself between the Sun and Earth, blocking only a part of the star from our view.

On Saturday, people in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa will get to experience a partial solar eclipse.

A partial solar eclipse on Saturday will make it look as if the moon has taken a bite out of the sun over parts of North America, Greenland and Northern Europe.

Skygazers across south-east England have been looking up at a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning. Kent, Surrey, Sussex had some of the clearest skies in the UK to watch the phenomenon which reached its peak just after 11:00 GMT.

The partial solar eclipse will be visible across the UK. People will have the chance to see the Moon cover about 30 to 50% of the Sun at its peak, with the best chance of clear skies in south-east England,

"Since last year, there's been this emphasis on totality, but partial eclipses can be beautiful as well," Gianforte told USA Today Network on Wednesday. Unlike the solar eclipse last April that most of the country was able to see at least part of,