Reykjavik, Iceland
- Input
- 2026-08-12 / Reykjavik
- Expected output
- 17:48:05 a 17:49:10, Sol a 25°
A little over 1 minute of totality.
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total solar eclipse august 12 2026
The solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 sends its band of totality across the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain, while the rest of Europe, western Africa and North America see a partial eclipse. Brazil is left out. Pick a city to see the contacts and the altitude of the Sun, which is always low in this eclipse, because the event happens in the evening in Europe.
A little over 1 minute of totality.
Totality with the Sun almost on the horizon.
Just outside the band.
Partial, with the Sun at 10 degrees.
The Moon's shadow does not reach Brazil.
Between 1901 and 2100, NASA's catalog (Espenak) lists 2 to 5 solar and 2 to 4 lunar eclipses a year, 4 to 7 in all. They come in seasons: the Sun crosses the plane of the Moon's orbit about every 173 days, so there are two seasons a year, each with a solar and a lunar eclipse about two weeks apart. In 2026 there are four: an annular solar eclipse on February 17, a total lunar on March 3, a total solar on August 12 and a partial lunar on August 28.
No. NASA lists partial visibility for northern North America, western Africa and Europe, and the tool confirms that no Brazilian city we tested has any contact with the eclipse.
At the point of greatest eclipse, 2 minutes 18 seconds. In Reykjavik it is a little over 60 seconds, and on the Spanish coast at Valencia, about 66 seconds.
Because the eclipse happens in the late afternoon in Europe and the shadow crosses high-latitude regions, with gamma 0.8977. The closer to sunset, the more a clear western horizon matters.
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