| Total eclipse | |
 Map | |
| Gamma | 0.8977 |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 1.0386 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 138 s (2 min 18 s) |
| Coordinates | 65°12′N25°12′W / 65.2°N 25.2°W /65.2; -25.2 |
| Max. width of band | 294 km (183 mi) |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:47:06 |
| References | |
| Saros | 126 (48 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9566 |
A totalsolar eclipse will occur at the Moon'sdescending node of orbit on Wednesday, August 12, 2026,[1] with amagnitude of 1.0386. Asolar eclipse occurs when theMoon passes betweenEarth and theSun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon'sapparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 2.2 days afterperigee (on August 10, 2026, at 12:15 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.[2]
The total eclipse will pass over theArctic,Greenland,Iceland,Atlantic Ocean, northernSpain and very extreme northeasternPortugal.[3] The points of greatest duration and greatest eclipse will be just 45 km (28 mi) off the western coast of Iceland by 65°10.3' N and 25°12.3' W, where the totality will last 2m 18.21s. The first part of the total eclipse path will, unusually, pass from east to west from Russia to Greenland, just avoiding the North Pole. A partial eclipse will cover more than 90% of the Sun inIreland,Great Britain,Portugal,France,Italy, theBalkans andNorth Africa and to a lesser extent in most ofEurope,West Africa and northernNorth America.
The total eclipse will pass over northern Spain from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean coast as well as theBalearic Islands. The total eclipse will be visible from the cities ofA Coruña,Valencia,Zaragoza,Palma andBilbao, while bothMadrid andBarcelona will be just outside the path of totality.[4]
The last total eclipse in continentalEurope occurred onMarch 29, 2006[5] and in continental part ofEuropean Union it occurred onAugust 11, 1999. It will be the first total solar eclipse visible in Iceland sinceJune 30, 1954, alsoSolar Saros series 126 (descending node), and the only one to occur in the 21st century as the next one visible over Iceland will be in 2196. The last total solar eclipse in Spain happened onAugust 30, 1905 and followed a similar path across the country. The next total eclipse visible in Spain will happen less than a year later onAugust 2, 2027.
The longest the eclipse will last on land will beLátrabjarg in Iceland. It is therefore expected that many people will make their way there that day. Plans are being made to ensure safety in the area, but many of the roads to Látrabjargi are very narrow and dangerous. There has been talk of closing the area to car traffic and ferrying people by bus.[6] Work has started on repairing parts of the road to Látrabjarg, partly as a routine maintenance but also because of the eclipse.[7]
The eclipse path proceeds from North Siberia throughout the Arctic Region, Iceland, eastern Atlantic to Spain and the Mediterranean.
In the North Russia area where totality will begin at sunrise, theaurora borealis could also be visible up to the beginning of the nautical twilight, depending on the intensity of the auroral activity at that date. If an extremely high intensity geomagnetic storm takes place simultaneously, there might be chances of seeing the aurora simultaneously with the eclipsed Sun. In the east ofTaymyr Peninsula (north-east ofKrasnoyarsk Krai) the maximum of total phase will occur on August 13 at 0:00local time duringmidnight sun.[8]
Due to the considerable eclipse gamma (more than 0.8), observers, where the totally eclipsed Sun isjust below the horizon will have the chance to observe the lunar shadow in the high atmosphere, as well as shortened civil twilight and extended nautical twilight. The darkening of the twilight sky could improve the chances of observing the innerZodiacal light.[9]
Far northernRussia will be treated to a dawn eclipse.Mercury andJupiter will be very low above the rising eclipsed Sun, but Mercury will be showing most of its sunlit side and Jupiter will have its usual brightness.Mars andSaturn will be more advantageously placed in the northeast and southeast respectively. Of the brightasterisms, theBig Dipper will be very high in the north-northwest and theSummer Triangle will be high in the southwest.Aldebaran,Arcturus,Capella andPollux are other first-magnitude stars which may be seen, although they will be low.
InIceland the eclipse will be a mid-afternoon event occurring about 4 hours before sunset, it will start inReykjavik at around 2:04 PM, with the total eclipse occurring at 3:15 PM.[10][failed verification]Mars may be a challenge to find, because it will be low in the west.Mercury andJupiter will be well positioned west of the Sun andVenus will be many degrees to its east. Of 1st-magnitude stars from west to east,Capella andPollux will be at decent elevations west of the Sun;Regulus,Spica (due south),Arcturus,Vega andDeneb are candidates for easy sighting to the Sun's east.Procyon will be about to set, whileAltair will be low on the opposite side.
InSpain the eclipse will occur about 1 hour before sunset.Mercury andJupiter, west of the eclipsed Sun, will therefore be very low below it.Venus will be brilliant well up in the southwest, withSpica to its east.Arcturus will be high in the south, and theSummer Triangle will be well up in the east. Lower in the south,Antares will be minutes away from transit.[11]
Animated path
| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Start of total eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of total eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of totality (min:s) | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum magnitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Greenland | Station Nord | 16:19:51 | 17:18:08 | 17:18:16 | 17:18:24 | 18:15:53 | 0:16 | 1:56 | 1.0005 |
 Iceland | Ísafjörður | 16:43:17 | 17:44:08 | 17:44:53 | 17:45:39 | 18:43:59 | 1:31 | 2:01 | 1.0052 |
| Iceland | Borgarnes | 16:46:28 | 17:47:41 | 17:48:00 | 17:48:21 | 18:46:53 | 0:40 | 2:00 | 1.0012 |
| Iceland | Reykjavík | 16:47:11 | 17:48:16 | 17:48:47 | 17:49:17 | 18:47:40 | 1:01 | 2:00 | 1.0024 |
| Iceland | Keflavík | 16:47:11 | 17:48:05 | 17:48:54 | 17:49:44 | 18:47:54 | 1:39 | 2:01 | 1.0064 |
 Spain | Santander | 19:31:22 | 20:26:57 | 20:27:29 | 20:28:01 | 21:20:09 | 1:04 | 1:52 | 1.0036 |
| Spain | Bilbao | 19:31:47 | 20:27:23 | 20:27:38 | 20:27:54 | 21:19:07 (sunset) | 0:31 | 1:47 | 1.0011 |
| Spain | Gijón | 19:31:02 | 20:26:48 | 20:27:40 | 20:28:33 | 21:20:46 | 1:45 | 1:50 | 1.0127 |
| Spain | Oviedo | 19:31:19 | 20:27:05 | 20:28:00 | 20:28:54 | 21:21:06 | 1:49 | 1:50 | 1.0155 |
| Spain | Vitoria-Gasteiz | 19:32:31 | 20:27:43 | 20:28:15 | 20:28:47 | 21:17:12 (sunset) | 1:04 | 1:45 | 1.0038 |
| Spain | A Coruña | 19:30:56 | 20:27:40 | 20:28:19 | 20:28:57 | 21:22:01 | 1:17 | 1:51 | 1.005 |
| Spain | Lugo | 19:31:43 | 20:28:07 | 20:28:50 | 20:29:31 | 21:22:16 | 1:24 | 1:51 | 1.0063 |
| Spain | Logroño | 19:33:13 | 20:28:09 | 20:28:50 | 20:29:31 | 21:15:33 (sunset) | 1:22 | 1:42 | 1.0067 |
| Spain | Burgos | 19:33:21 | 20:28:24 | 20:29:17 | 20:30:08 | 21:20:12 (sunset) | 1:44 | 1:47 | 1.0139 |
| Spain | Ponferrada | 19:32:42 | 20:28:44 | 20:29:28 | 20:30:11 | 21:22:36 | 1:27 | 1:50 | 1.0069 |
| Spain | Zaragoza | 19:34:40 | 20:29:02 | 20:29:44 | 20:30:27 | 21:07:33 (sunset) | 1:25 | 1:33 | 1.0074 |
| Spain | Palencia | 19:33:53 | 20:29:08 | 20:29:59 | 20:30:51 | 21:22:35 | 1:43 | 1:49 | 1.0123 |
| Spain | Salou | 19:35:38 | 20:29:31 | 20:30:05 | 20:30:39 | 20:58:21 (sunset) | 1:08 | 1:23 | 1.0046 |
| Spain | Valladolid | 19:34:30 | 20:29:53 | 20:30:37 | 20:31:20 | 21:22:54 (sunset) | 1:27 | 1:48 | 1.0076 |
| Spain | Mahón | 19:37:22 | 20:30:16 | 20:30:51 | 20:31:26 | 20:43:31 (sunset) | 1:10 | 1:06 | 1.0055 |
| Spain | Port de Pollença | 19:37:27 | 20:30:30 | 20:31:14 | 20:31:58 | 20:48:16 (sunset) | 1:28 | 1:11 | 1.0097 |
| Spain | Alcúdia | 19:37:33 | 20:30:34 | 20:31:19 | 20:32:03 | 20:48:01 (sunset) | 1:29 | 1:10 | 1.0102 |
| Spain | Segovia | 19:35:47 | 20:31:09 | 20:31:37 | 20:32:06 | 21:19:04 (sunset) | 0:57 | 1:43 | 1.003 |
| Spain | Teruel | 19:36:55 | 20:31:04 | 20:31:51 | 20:32:38 | 21:05:52 | 1:34 | 1:29 | 1.0105 |
| Spain | Palma | 19:38:03 | 20:31:05 | 20:31:53 | 20:32:41 | 20:49:22 (sunset) | 1:36 | 1:11 | 1.0152 |
| Spain | Guadalajara | 19:36:23 | 20:31:21 | 20:31:55 | 20:32:28 | 21:14:38 (sunset) | 1:07 | 1:38 | 1.0042 |
| Spain | Cuenca | 19:37:23 | 20:32:06 | 20:32:33 | 20:32:59 | 21:09:27 (sunset) | 0:53 | 1:32 | 1.0027 |
| Spain | Valencia | 19:38:24 | 20:32:30 | 20:33:00 | 20:33:30 | 21:01:16 (sunset) | 1:00 | 1:23 | 1.0036 |
| Spain | Sant Antoni de Portmany | 19:39:08 | 20:32:40 | 20:33:13 | 20:33:46 | 20:53:39 (sunset) | 1:06 | 1:15 | 1.0047 |
| Spain | Ibiza | 19:39:15 | 20:32:45 | 20:33:18 | 20:33:49 | 20:53:00 (sunset) | 1:04 | 1:14 | 1.0043 |
| References:[1] | |||||||||
| Country or territory | City or place | Start of partial eclipse | Maximum eclipse | End of partial eclipse | Duration of eclipse (hr:min) | Maximum coverage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada | Alert | 12:09:49 | 13:09:31 | 14:08:56 | 1:59 | 93.42% | |||
 Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Longyearbyen | 18:28:51 | 19:24:53 | 20:19:53 | 1:51 | 90.74% | |||
| Greenland | Danmarkshavn | 16:26:59 | 17:26:23 | 18:24:29 | 1:58 | 99.12% | |||
| Greenland | Ittoqqortoormiit | 15:36:14 | 16:37:02 | 17:35:50 | 2:00 | 99.67% | |||
| Iceland | Vestmannaeyjar | 16:49:11 | 17:50:30 | 18:49:02 | 2:00 | 99.63% | |||
 Faroe Islands | Tórshavn | 17:56:29 | 18:54:51 | 19:50:34 | 1:54 | 91.22% | |||
 Sweden | Stockholm | 19:03:17 | 19:56:12 | 20:46:01 (sunset) | 1:43 | 81.02% | |||
| Norway | Oslo | 19:02:40 | 19:57:03 | 20:49:13 | 1:47 | 83.07% | |||
 Poland | Warsaw | 19:14:37 | 20:02:54 | 20:06:41 (sunset) | 0:52 | 81.72% | |||
 Denmark | Copenhagen | 19:10:08 | 20:03:37 | 20:52:19 (sunset) | 1:42 | 83.54% | |||
 Germany | Berlin | 19:15:28 | 20:08:25 | 20:38:04 (sunset) | 1:23 | 84.89% | |||
 Isle of Man | Douglas | 18:11:47 | 19:09:10 | 20:03:29 | 1:52 | 92.39% | |||
 Austria | Vienna | 19:22:03 | 20:10:14 | 20:13:39 (sunset) | 0:52 | 84.89% | |||
 Ireland | Dublin | 18:12:54 | 19:10:42 | 20:05:19 | 1:52 | 94.02% | |||
 Netherlands | Amsterdam | 19:16:05 | 20:10:56 | 21:03:03 | 1:47 | 88.26% | |||
 Italy | Rome | 19:32:47 | 20:11:38 | 20:14:38 (sunset) | 0:42 | 69.17% | |||
 Czech Republic | Prague | 19:19:22 | 20:11:48 | 20:26:34 (sunset) | 1:07 | 86.29% | |||
 Slovenia | Ljubljana | 19:25:51 | 20:12:28 | 20:15:44 (sunset) | 0:50 | 84.25% | |||
 United Kingdom | London | 18:17:19 | 19:13:19 | 20:06:21 | 1:49 | 91.42% | |||
 Belgium | Brussels | 19:18:46 | 20:13:35 | 21:05:36 | 1:50 | 89.55% | |||
 Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 19:20:56 | 20:15:11 | 20:58:21 (sunset) | 1:37 | 89.68% | |||
 France | Paris | 19:22:13 | 20:17:19 | 21:09:28 | 1:49 | 92.12% | |||
 Switzerland | Zurich | 19:24:36 | 20:18:01 | 20:42:48 (sunset) | 1:18 | 90.66% | |||
 Monaco | Monaco | 19:30:44 | 20:23:58 | 20:38:45 (sunset) | 1:08 | 95.01% | |||
 Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 19:33:12 | 20:27:45 | 20:59:43 (sunset) | 1:27 | 99.03% | |||
| Spain | Madrid | 19:36:45 | 20:32:23 | 21:16:22 (sunset) | 1:40 | 99.98% | |||
 Algeria | Algiers | 18:42:36 | 19:33:45 | 19:42:40 (sunset) | 1:00 | 96.09% | |||
 Portugal | Lisbon | 18:39:17 | 19:36:07 | 20:29:08 | 1:50 | 94.52% | |||
 Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 19:44:09 | 20:39:27 | 21:15:11 (sunset) | 1:31 | 93.03% | |||
 Morocco | Casablanca | 18:48:35 | 19:43:52 | 20:20:01 (sunset) | 1:31 | 86.97% | |||
| References:[1] | |||||||||
Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[12]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2026 August 12 at 15:35:23.9 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2026 August 12 at 16:59:18.1 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2026 August 12 at 17:01:16.5 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2026 August 12 at 17:03:19.0 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2026 August 12 at 17:05:01.6 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2026 August 12 at 17:37:53.9 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2026 August 12 at 17:45:53.9 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2026 August 12 at 17:47:05.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2026 August 12 at 18:31:21.6 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2026 August 12 at 18:33:21.7 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2026 August 12 at 18:35:17.7 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2026 August 12 at 19:59:09.2 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 1.03863 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 1.07876 |
| Gamma | 0.89774 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 09h29m47.3s |
| Sun Declination | +14°48'04.5" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 15'47.0" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.7" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 09h31m17.3s |
| Moon Declination | +15°36'58.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 16'16.9" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°59'45.1" |
| ΔT | 72.4 s |
This eclipse is part of aneclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by afortnight.
| August 12 Descending node (new moon) | August 28 Ascending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
|  |
| Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 126 | Partial lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 138 |
This eclipse is a member of asemester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternatingnodes of the Moon's orbit.[13]
The partial solar eclipses onJune 12, 2029 andDecember 5, 2029 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | February 17, 2026 Annular | −0.97427 | 126 | August 12, 2026 Total | 0.89774 | |
| 131 | February 6, 2027 Annular | −0.29515 | 136 | August 2, 2027 Total | 0.14209 | |
| 141 | January 26, 2028 Annular | 0.39014 | 146 | July 22, 2028 Total | −0.60557 | |
| 151 | January 14, 2029 Partial | 1.05532 | 156 | July 11, 2029 Partial | −1.41908 | |
This eclipse is a part ofSaros series 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 72 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810; hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864; and total eclipses fromMay 17, 1882 throughAugust 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is oneexeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 11 at 6 minutes, 30 seconds on June 26, 1359, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 45 at 2 minutes, 36 seconds onJuly 10, 1972. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’sdescending node of orbit.[14]
| Series members 36–57 occur between 1801 and 2200: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 36 | 37 | 38 |
 April 4, 1810 |  April 14, 1828 |  April 25, 1846 |
| 39 | 40 | 41 |
 May 6, 1864 |  May 17, 1882 |  May 28, 1900 |
| 42 | 43 | 44 |
 June 8, 1918 |  June 19, 1936 |  June 30, 1954 |
| 45 | 46 | 47 |
 July 10, 1972 |  July 22, 1990 |  August 1, 2008 |
| 48 | 49 | 50 |
August 12, 2026 |  August 23, 2044 |  September 3, 2062 |
| 51 | 52 | 53 |
 September 13, 2080 |  September 25, 2098 |  October 6, 2116 |
| 54 | 55 | 56 |
 October 17, 2134 |  October 28, 2152 |  November 8, 2170 |
| 57 | ||
 November 18, 2188 | ||
Themetonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
| 22 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and October 24, 2098 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31–June 1 | March 19–20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
| 118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
 June 1, 2011 |  March 20, 2015 |  January 6, 2019 |  October 25, 2022 | August 12, 2026 |
| 128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
 June 1, 2030 |  March 20, 2034 |  January 5, 2038 |  October 25, 2041 |  August 12, 2045 |
| 138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
 May 31, 2049 |  March 20, 2053 |  January 5, 2057 |  October 24, 2060 |  August 12, 2064 |
| 148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
 May 31, 2068 |  March 19, 2072 |  January 6, 2076 |  October 24, 2079 |  August 13, 2083 |
| 158 | 160 | 162 | 164 | |
 June 1, 2087 |  October 24, 2098 | |||
This eclipse is a part of atritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 March 25, 1819 (Saros 107) |  February 23, 1830 (Saros 108) |  January 22, 1841 (Saros 109) |  November 21, 1862 (Saros 111) | |
 August 20, 1895 (Saros 114) |  July 21, 1906 (Saros 115) |  June 19, 1917 (Saros 116) | ||
 May 19, 1928 (Saros 117) |  April 19, 1939 (Saros 118) |  March 18, 1950 (Saros 119) |  February 15, 1961 (Saros 120) |  January 16, 1972 (Saros 121) |
 December 15, 1982 (Saros 122) |  November 13, 1993 (Saros 123) |  October 14, 2004 (Saros 124) |  September 13, 2015 (Saros 125) | August 12, 2026 (Saros 126) |
 July 13, 2037 (Saros 127) |  June 11, 2048 (Saros 128) |  May 11, 2059 (Saros 129) |  April 11, 2070 (Saros 130) |  March 10, 2081 (Saros 131) |
 February 7, 2092 (Saros 132) |  January 8, 2103 (Saros 133) |  December 8, 2113 (Saros 134) |  November 6, 2124 (Saros 135) |  October 7, 2135 (Saros 136) |
 September 6, 2146 (Saros 137) |  August 5, 2157 (Saros 138) |  July 5, 2168 (Saros 139) |  June 5, 2179 (Saros 140) |  May 4, 2190 (Saros 141) |
This eclipse is a part of the long periodinex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with theanomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.
| Series members between 1801 and 2200 | ||
|---|---|---|
 January 1, 1824 (Saros 119) |  December 11, 1852 (Saros 120) |  November 21, 1881 (Saros 121) |
 November 2, 1910 (Saros 122) |  October 12, 1939 (Saros 123) |  September 22, 1968 (Saros 124) |
 September 2, 1997 (Saros 125) | August 12, 2026 (Saros 126) |  July 24, 2055 (Saros 127) |
 July 3, 2084 (Saros 128) |  June 13, 2113 (Saros 129) |  May 25, 2142 (Saros 130) |
 May 5, 2171 (Saros 131) |  April 14, 2200 (Saros 132) | |
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