According to the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, at the time of the eclipse, the moon covered just over 40 percent of the sun in Sask.
People from all over the world headed outside Monday, to experience a once in a lifetime solar eclipse .
“It looks like Pac-Man took a big chunk out of the sun as the moon moves in front of the sun,” Kevin Fenwick said, who is part of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Regina Centre Executive Committee.“Our moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, almost exactly. What’s so fascinating about eclipses on Earth is that the moon covers up almost exactly the disk of the sun.
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