A total solar eclipse will cross parts of the Northern Hemisphere on Wednesday, but Greece will see only a tiny partial eclipse, with visibility limited to parts of the country’s northwest shortly before sunset.
The eclipse will be fully visible along a narrow path stretching across Greenland, Iceland and Spain, as well as a small part of northeastern Portugal. In Greece, the Moon will cover only a small fraction of the sun, and no part of the country will experience totality.
Corfu will offer the best view in Greece, with the eclipse beginning at about 8.33 p.m. local time and reaching its maximum around 8.37 p.m., when about 2.34% of the sun’s disk will be covered. The eclipse will also be briefly visible in Igoumenitsa, Ioannina, Kastoria and parts of Western Macedonia, with coverage of less than 1.5%.
The eclipse will not be visible from Athens. The sun is due to set in the capital at about 8.22 p.m., before the partial eclipse becomes visible from the western edge of the country.
For those in northwestern Greece hoping to see the event, an unobstructed view of the western horizon will be essential because the sun will be very low in the sky. Buildings, hills and trees could easily block the view during the brief window of visibility.
