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Space Time
Total Solar Eclipse of August 12, 2026
Visible from Iceland & northern Spain, with totality up to ~2m 18s at sea, ~1m 50s in Spain. Calculated times for city reference coordinates are in the table below. There's also a free 3D simulation: stand on the path and watch the sky go dark.
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What happens, where
The first total solar eclipse over mainland Europe since 1999. The Moon’s shadow crosses Iceland in the early evening, sweeps over the North Atlantic, and makes landfall across northern Spain shortly before sunset. That makes for an unusually low-Sun totality, with the eclipsed Sun hanging just above the horizon. Most of the rest of Europe sees a deep partial eclipse.
Local times, city by city
Computed from real ephemerides for each city (all times local). 9 of these cities are inside the path of totality.
| City | What you'll see | Partial begins | Totality | Maximum | Ends | Sun alt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oviedo, Spain | Total · 1m 51s | 19:31 | 20:26–20:28 | 20:27 | 21:20 | 10° |
| Burgos, Spain | Total · 1m 47s · sets mid-eclipse | 19:33 | 20:28–20:30 | 20:29 | 21:21 | 8° |
| Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Total · 1m 39s · sets mid-eclipse | 19:37 | 20:30–20:32 | 20:31 | 21:22 | 3° |
| Zaragoza, Spain | Total · 1m 27s · sets mid-eclipse | 19:34 | 20:28–20:30 | 20:29 | 21:21 | 6° |
| A Coruña, Spain | Total · 1m 20s | 19:30 | 20:27–20:28 | 20:28 | 21:21 | 12° |
| Santander, Spain | Total · 1m 07s | 19:31 | 20:26–20:27 | 20:27 | 21:19 | 9° |
| Valencia, Spain | Total · 1m 06s · sets mid-eclipse | 19:38 | 20:32–20:33 | 20:32 | 21:24 | 5° |
| Reykjavík, Iceland | Total · 1m 05s | 16:47 | 17:48–17:49 | 17:48 | 18:47 | 25° |
| Bilbao, Spain | Total · 0m 36s · sets mid-eclipse | 19:31 | 20:27–20:27 | 20:27 | 21:19 | 8° |
| Madrid, Spain | Edge of totality (>99.9%) · sets mid-eclipse | 19:36 | – | 20:32 | 21:24 | 7° |
| Barcelona, Spain | Partial · 100% · sets mid-eclipse | 19:34 | – | 20:29 | 21:20 | 4° |
| Rome, Italy | Partial · 95% · sun below horizon at max | 19:32 | – | 20:24 | 21:13 | -2° |
| Lisbon, Portugal | Partial · 94% | 18:39 | – | 19:35 | 20:28 | 10° |
| Dublin, Ireland | Partial · 94% | 18:12 | – | 19:10 | 20:05 | 15° |
| Paris, France | Partial · 92% | 19:22 | – | 20:17 | 21:09 | 8° |
| London, UK | Partial · 91% | 18:17 | – | 19:13 | 20:06 | 10° |
| Edinburgh, UK | Partial · 91% | 18:08 | – | 19:05 | 19:59 | 14° |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | Partial · 88% | 19:15 | – | 20:10 | 21:02 | 8° |
| Vienna, Austria | Partial · 87% · sun below horizon at max | 19:21 | – | 20:13 | 21:03 | 0° |
| Berlin, Germany | Partial · 85% · sets mid-eclipse | 19:15 | – | 20:08 | 20:58 | 4° |
| Oslo, Norway | Partial · 83% | 19:02 | – | 19:56 | 20:49 | 9° |
| Stockholm, Sweden | Partial · 81% · sets mid-eclipse | 19:03 | – | 19:56 | 20:46 | 5° |
| Montreal, Canada | Partial · 18% | 12:50 | – | 13:45 | 14:38 | 58° |
| New York, USA | Partial · 9% | 13:07 | – | 13:53 | 14:38 | 62° |
Cities at the path edge (“Edge of totality”) are genuinely borderline; shadow-edge predictions differ by a few kilometres between models. If you're near the edge, travel toward the centre of the path.
Find your city's exact times
Each city page includes contact times, coverage, totality duration where applicable, and a link to the live countdown.
Calendar reference
📅 Calendar reference: add to Google Calendar, or download an .ics for Apple Calendar and Outlook. Both include a day-before reminder. Or open the 3D simulation now and scrub to totality.
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