A solar eclipse is seen from a beach on Ternate island in Indonesia on March 9, 2016. (Reuters file photo)

A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand on Thursday, Dec 26.

Thursday’s eclipse will be seen in a band stretching from Saudia Arabia, crossing India and Southeast Asia. It will be an annular eclipse, meaning that the Moon is too far away to completely cover the Sun's disc, leaving a “ring of fire” visible even in areas where the sun is 100% obscured. Singapore and parts of Malaysia and Indonesia will see 100% coverage.

In Thailand, the amount of the sun that will be obscured will vary from north to south. Coverage will be about 57% at the peak in Bangkok at 12.05pm, and 81% in Yala. The total duration of the eclipse will be from 10.18am to 1.57pm in the capital.

Members of the public are reminded that looking at the sun directly and without proper equipment is dangerous and can cause blindness. Guidelines for safe viewing can be found here.