Total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026
Up to 2 minutes 20 seconds of totality, along a band crossing Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland and Spain. Greatest eclipse falls at 17:45:43 UTC on 12 August 2026.
Open 12 August 2026 in the tracker The interactive map, the shadow at any moment, and the figures for wherever you are.
The numbers
- Type
- Total
- Greatest eclipse
- 12 August 2026, 17:45:43 UTC
- Longest totality
- 2 minutes 20 seconds
- Longest from
- 65.89°N 25.43°W, Iceland
- Path width there
- 301 km
- Greatest eclipse over
- 65.23°N 25.15°W
- Shadow first touches the Earth
- 17:00:25 UTC
- Shadow leaves the Earth
- 18:31:55 UTC
- Gamma
- 0.8979
Where the path goes
The shadow touches the Earth at 17:00:25 UTC and leaves it at 18:31:55 UTC. In between, the umbra crosses Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland and Spain. Outside that band the eclipse is partial over a far larger area — several thousand kilometres either side — and the further from the line, the less of the Sun is covered.
- Svalbard
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Spain
In the order the shadow reaches them. A country is listed only where the total phase is genuinely visible from land within it, with the Sun above the horizon — not merely where the band comes close.
Looking at it safely
The Sun is as dangerous during a 99% partial eclipse as on any other day, and the remaining sliver is bright enough to burn a hole in a retina without hurting at the time. Certified eclipse glasses, or nothing. The one exception is totality itself — between second and third contact, when the disc is entirely covered, it is safe to look, and that is the only time. Umbro says which of those you are in, from the contact times where you are.
Carry this in your pocket
Umbro for iPhone and iPad computes these same contact times on the device, for wherever you are standing, with no signal needed — which matters, because a good many eclipses are best seen from somewhere without any. It adds a Lock Screen countdown, Home Screen widgets, a camera built for totality, and it says plainly when the Sun can and cannot be looked at.
