Clouds and the Moon Move to Block the Sun.

High above a small church near Vienna, Austria , clouds and the Moon vied for position in front of the Sun. Such was the case on the ground late last month during a partial eclipse of the Sun visible throughout Europe and Asia . Nearing the farthest part of its orbit around the Earth , the Moon's angular size was too small to block the entire Sun, a situation that would have resulted in a total solar eclipse . The next solar eclipse visible from Earth will occur on November 23. Although a total eclipse will be visible only from parts of Antarctica , parts of the Sun will momentarily disappear for observers across Australia , New Zealand , and the southernmost tip of South America .