The two-hour celestial spectacle will begin around 2.40pm and will see the moon's shadow cast on the earth

The moon will appear to take a bite out of the sun during the year's last partial solar eclipse today. The two-hour spectacle, which begins around 2.40pm in the UAE, will see the moon's shadow cast on the earth.

During a partial solar eclipse, the moon, sun, and earth don't align in a perfectly straight line, and the moon casts only the outer part of its shadow — the penumbra — on Earth.

The General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments announced today that mosques across the country will hold the eclipse prayer immediately after Asr prayer.

Citing the International Astronomical Centre, Barq UAE announced the timings of the eclipse and its peak in different parts of the country: