12/08/2026
🌒 **The London Renter’s Guide**
**No eclipse glasses? Don’t miss out!**
This evening, London gets a pretty impressive view of the solar eclipse, with around 92% of the Sun expected to be covered at its peak.
⏰ **London timings**
Starts: approx. 6.17pm
Maximum eclipse: approx. 7.13pm
Ends: approx. 8.06pm
But what if you’ve left it too late to get eclipse glasses? 👀
🥄 **Raid the kitchen**
Stand with your back to the Sun and hold up a colander. The holes act as tiny pinhole projectors, casting multiple images of the eclipse onto the ground.
📄 **Make a pinhole viewer**
Make a small hole in a piece of card and project the Sun’s image onto another piece of card or a light surface.
🌳 **Find a leafy tree**
Gaps between the leaves can act as natural pinhole projectors. Look at the ground underneath, and you may see lots of tiny crescent Suns.
📱 **Watch online**
If the London weather has other ideas, look out for an official eclipse livestream.
⚠️ **Most importantly**
Never look directly at the Sun without proper solar viewing glasses. Ordinary sunglasses, cameras and binoculars are NOT safe alternatives.
No glasses? No problem.
Apparently, you just need a colander. 😂🌒