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Partial solar eclipse expected in Morocco on 12 August

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Morocco is expected to experience a partial solar eclipse on 12 August, according to information presented in the article. The electronic newspaper Al Alam says the phenomenon is due in the coming days, but the excerpt provided does not specify timings or viewing areas.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible across Morocco on 12 August, beginning in the late afternoon and reaching its peak shortly before sunset, according to data from NASA and the specialist website Time and Date. However, the degree to which the Sun’s disc is obscured will vary from one region to another.

The same phenomenon will take the form of a total eclipse in several regions of Spain along the path of the Moon’s shadow. Those areas will experience a few minutes of complete darkness, an event described as the first of its kind to be observable in part of Spanish territory for more than a century.

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