A partial eclipse of the sun will see skies darken over Ireland tomorrow morning, Saturday March 28th, allowing us to experience the deepest eclipse experienced in the past ten years.
This phenomenon occurs when the Moon partially passes between the Sun and the Earth. Since the three planets will not be completely aligned, only part of the Sun will be obscured from our world.
The Aztecs, a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period believed eclipses happened when the jaguar god Tepeyollotl swallowed the Sun, while the Cherokee, latter an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, made as much noise as possible during an eclipse, to scare away the giant frog, they believed, was trying to consume it.
This happening, however, will see sunlight less powerful around mid-morning on Saturday, as the begins to cut a slice from the sun from 9:30am onwards until it reaches its peak at around 11:00am to noon.
The impact of this partial eclipse will be noticeable, particularly by people working outdoors. With bright, sunny spells expected in the east of the country tomorrow morning, the sky will otherwise remain cloudy with outbreaks of light rain and drizzle expected.
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