More than 90% of the Sun has been obscured by the Moon, the most it has been blocked above Scotland's skies since the total eclipse in 1999.
Crowds of people could be seen at viewing spots in different locations – including Calton Hill, Edinburgh, and Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow on Wednesday evening to try and catch the eclipse.
People could be seen with special glasses, homemade viewers made from cereal boxes and colanders.
Others brought their own chairs, while photographers could be seen with cameras.
Those in Glasgow were slightly thwarted by cloud cover, but our photographer Colin Mearns captured the partial eclipse behind the gothic tower of the University of Glasgow.
Photograph by Colin Mearns (Image: Colin Mearns)
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People gathering to watch the solar eclipse on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, the first total solar eclipse visible over mainland Europe since 1999. (Image: PA)
Footage shared on social media showed a long queue of people in Goring, West Sussex, appearing to wait for glasses being handed out to view the eclipse.
Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Sir Brian May posted a video of himself on Instagram waiting for the eclipse on a hillside, in which he can be seen looking at an image on an iPad and asking a man nearby, “How long ’til totality?”
In an earlier post on his stories, the musician said he would be taking a white ceramic plate down to help him view the event.
Dhara Patel, who is a space expert at the National Space Centre, said some people may be overcome by emotion while watching the eclipse.
