The eclipse was due to occur at two o'clock in the afternoon of 29 May but that morning there was a storm with heavy rain. Eddington wrote (see for example):
Ang paglalaho ay dahil sa nangyari sa alas-dos sa hapon ng mga 29 May ngunit umaga na may isang bagyo na may malakas na pag-ulan. Eddington wrote (see for example):