On Thursday, this spectacular event – the first in more than six years – saw the Moon move across the face of the Sun, but not completely blocking out the light coming from it.
For the UK, the best time to see the eclipse was late morning with the best sightings in the north of Scotland.
Here are some pictures taken from professional photographers and locals showing their experience seeing the rare, celestial event.
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Experts advised looking safely at the sun just after 11am in order to see the eclipse at its peak. Here is another shot of it from Princes Street gardens in Edinburgh as a Saltire flies below it. Photo: Lisa Ferguson
6. Locals jump at opportunity to take a photo
Residents have been quick to share their experiences taking photos of the rare experience. Here is a shot of the eclipse taken from a local in Leith. Photo: Supplied
7. Morningside view of the moon
A view of the partial solar eclipse from a home in Morningside, Edinburgh. The spectacle began 45 degrees above the southeastern horizon - so half-way up the sky - and finished 59 degrees up in the south. Photo: Supplied
8. Views from Fife
In the UK, the most favourable place to watch, in terms of the percentage of the Sun's disc that gets covered up, was in Scotland, particularly the north. Here is photographer Jacqueline Davidson's photo from Fife. Photo: Jacqueline Davidson