Total Solar Eclipse over Svalbard . ... That was the feeling in Svalbard , Norway last month during a total eclipse of the Sun by the Moon. ... As the Moon and Sun moved together across the sky -- nearly horizontally from this far north -- an increasing fraction of the Sun appears covered by the Moon . In the central frame , the Moon's complete blockage of the disk of the Sun makes the immediate surroundings appear like night during the day. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...