On Wednesday afternoon, New Brunswick will have a front-row seat to a partial solar eclipse. Later that night and into early Thursday morning, people will be able to witness the Perseids meteor shower.
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Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 12, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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A partial solar eclipse seen over Kelowna, B.C., in 2014. A partial solar eclipse will be visible in New Brunswick on Wednesday. (Submitted by Laurie Schretlen)
Wednesday will be an exciting day for amateur astronomers and space enthusiasts alike.
In the afternoon, New Brunswick will have a front-row seat to a partial solar eclipse. While a total solar eclipse will be visible across Greenland, Iceland and Spain, along with a very small part of Portugal, Atlantic Canadians will get to see the moon partially obscure the sun.
“The moon is either usually five degrees above us or five degrees below us in a path that we call the ecliptic — that’s the path that the sun and moon … take across the sky,” Chris Curwin,
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