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A partial solar eclipse occurs when the moon and the sun are not perfectly aligned, but the moon still passes in front of the sun, partially obscuring it's disc. Anywhere from a small percentage of the sun, to 90%+ of it's disc may be covered by the moon's disc, but the sun will not be completely covered at any time, as it is in a total eclipse.

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