The total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 — will you see it?

On 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse sweeps down from the Arctic across Greenland, western Iceland and into northern Spain — the first total solar eclipse to reach mainland Europe since the famous event of 1999, and the first over mainland Spain since 1905. If you're anywhere in Europe, North Africa or the North Atlantic, you'll see at least a partial eclipse. The only question is how much — and that depends entirely on where you're standing.

Where is it total?

The path of totality — the narrow band where the Moon covers the Sun completely — crosses eastern Greenland, the western half of Iceland, and then a diagonal swathe of Spain from Galicia in the northwest toward the Mediterranean, ending near sunset over the Balearic Sea. Greatest eclipse falls over the North Atlantic near Iceland at about 17:46 UT (19:46 in central Europe), with a little over two minutes of totality. Everywhere outside that band sees a partial eclipse, deep near the path and shallower with distance.

What will you see from your location?

That's exactly the question Finsternis was built to answer. Set your location and it tells you the honest local result — visible or not, how much of the Sun is covered, and the precise start, maximum and end times where you are — with the path drawn on a real 3D globe you can scrub through time. No guessing from a global map.

A sunset eclipse — watch it safely

For much of Europe this eclipse happens low in the west, in the hour or so before sunset. That makes it dramatic, but you'll want a clear, unobstructed western horizon. And a warning that never changes: never look at the partially eclipsed Sun without certified solar filters (ISO 12312-2). Only from inside the path of totality, and only during the brief total phase, is it safe to look with the naked eye.

And then 2027

If you catch the bug, the sequel is even better: on 2 August 2027, totality crosses southern Spain, North Africa and Egypt in the longest total solar eclipse of the century — over six minutes of darkness near Luxor. Finsternis already has it mapped, down to your local times.

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