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Total Solar Eclipse of August 12, 2026

Totality crosses Iceland and northern Spain, lasting up to about 2 minutes 18 seconds at sea and about 1 minute 50 seconds in Spain. Check the city table or open the event in 3D.

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What happens, where

This is the first total solar eclipse over mainland Europe since 1999. The Moon’s shadow crosses Iceland and the North Atlantic before reaching northern Spain shortly before sunset. The Sun will be low there, while much of the rest of Europe sees a 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.

CityWhat you'll seePartial beginsTotalityMaximumEndsSun alt
Oviedo, SpainTotal · 1m 51s19:3120:26–20:2820:2721:2010°
Burgos, SpainTotal · 1m 47s · sets mid-eclipse19:3320:28–20:3020:2921:21
Palma de Mallorca, SpainTotal · 1m 39s · sets mid-eclipse19:3720:30–20:3220:3121:22
Zaragoza, SpainTotal · 1m 27s · sets mid-eclipse19:3420:28–20:3020:2921:21
A Coruña, SpainTotal · 1m 20s19:3020:27–20:2820:2821:2112°
Santander, SpainTotal · 1m 07s19:3120:26–20:2720:2721:19
Valencia, SpainTotal · 1m 06s · sets mid-eclipse19:3820:32–20:3320:3221:24
Reykjavík, IcelandTotal · 1m 05s16:4717:48–17:4917:4818:4725°
Bilbao, SpainTotal · 0m 36s · sets mid-eclipse19:3120:27–20:2720:2721:19
Madrid, SpainEdge of totality (>99.9%) · sets mid-eclipse19:3620:3221:24
Barcelona, SpainPartial · 100% · sets mid-eclipse19:3420:2921:20
Rome, ItalyPartial · 95% · sun below horizon at max19:3220:2421:13-2°
Lisbon, PortugalPartial · 94%18:3919:3520:2810°
Dublin, IrelandPartial · 94%18:1219:1020:0515°
Paris, FrancePartial · 92%19:2220:1721:09
London, UKPartial · 91%18:1719:1320:0610°
Edinburgh, UKPartial · 91%18:0819:0519:5914°
Amsterdam, NetherlandsPartial · 88%19:1520:1021:02
Vienna, AustriaPartial · 87% · sun below horizon at max19:2120:1321:03
Berlin, GermanyPartial · 85% · sets mid-eclipse19:1520:0820:58
Oslo, NorwayPartial · 83%19:0219:5620:49
Stockholm, SwedenPartial · 81% · sets mid-eclipse19:0319:5620:46
Montreal, CanadaPartial · 18%12:5013:4514:3858°
New York, USAPartial · 9%13:0713:5314:3862°

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.

Don't miss it

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