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On Tuesday ( Oct. 25 ) , the moonshine ’s shadow appeared to crawl over the face of the sunshine during thelast solar occultation of 2022 .

Though the occultation was just partial , with most viewers seeing between 40 % and 60 % of the sun ’s surface becloud by the moon at the occultation ’s peak , the event nonetheless draw off out sky - watchers with cameras , telescopes and paper eclipse viewers around the world . The occultation was visible from most of Europe , North Africa , the Middle East and the westerly parts of Asia , beginning in the U.K. around 10 a.m. BST ( 9:00 a.m. UTC ) .

Birds sit on a branch in from of a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25, 2022

Birds sit on a branch in from of a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25, 2022

While this was the last chance to becharm the moon overcloud the Dominicus for the rest of 2022 , the rest of the world will have a chance to view a totallunar eclipsejust a few weeks from now . On Nov. 8 , the lunar occultation will be visible from North America , function of South America , Central and Eastern Asia , Australia and New Zealand .

In the meantime , enjoy these stunning — and spooky — photos of October ’s ultimate solar spectacle .

sleuth through some trees in Hyderabad , India , the moon ’s shadow sneaks over the sun during the last partial occultation of the year on Tuesday , Oct. 25 , 2022 .

A partial solar eclipse spied through the trees with an orange sky

The moon look to take a Pac - gentleman’s gentleman - size morsel out of the Dominicus during the partialsolar eclipseon Oct. 25 , 2022 . This photo was snapped in Jerusalem , Israel .

Dust drift through the atmosphere in Cairo , Egypt , as the year ’s last solar occultation unfolds on Oct. 25 , 2022 .

Viewers in Russia interpret up to 86 % of the Sunday eclipsed by the lunar month on Oct. 25 , 2022 . Here , in Moscow , a star ornament atop a construction stalker into frame as the shadow of the moonlight appear to fall over the sunshine .

A partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25, 2022

A bird in Ankara , Turkey photobombs the class ’s last solar eclipse on Oct. 25 , 2022 .

lensman Evrim Aydin also capture the ghostlike silhouette of this crescent moonshine ornament atop a mosque in Ankara , Turkey , with the overshadow sun in the background knowledge on Oct. 25 , 2022 .

The moon bedim a specially gravid chunk of the sun for viewers in Erbil ( also spelled Arbīl or Irbīl ) , the working capital of Iraq ’s autonomous Kurdistan region , on Oct. 25 , 2022 .

A partial soalr eclipse seen in Cairo, Egypt

This composite pic shows several views of the partial solar eclipse as see over L’Aquila , Italy on Oct. 25 , 2022 .

A partial solar eclipse seen from Moscow, Russia

A partial solar eclipse on Oct. 25, 2022

A partial solar eclipse seen from Turkey on Oct. 25, 2022

A partial solar eclipse seen from Iraq on Oct. 25, 2022

A composite image of several views of a partial solar eclipse seen from Italy on Oct. 25, 2022

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