SOME people thought they might miss the partial solar eclipse yesterday, as it seemed to be a no-show, but then it appeared.

The astronomical phenomenon moved across the Shanghai sky between 8:41am and 10:10am yesterday, which was predicted to be a rainy and cloudy day. There was no rain, but the cloud was thick.

"I decided to give up on the eclipse at first as the clouds were too thick when I got up," a student surnamed Fang told Shanghai Daily.