Interactive map of the August 12, 2026 eclipse
Path of totality, obscuration lines and the exact time anywhere — click the map or a city marker.
Reading the map
The yellow band is the path of totality: it crosses Arctic Russia, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, then northern Spain (Gijón, Oviedo, Zaragoza), where the eclipse ends right at sunset. This is the first total solar eclipse visible from continental Europe since August 11, 1999. The next one visible from metropolitan France won't happen until September 3, 2081.
The blue lines are equal-obscuration curves (25%, 50%, 75%, 90% of the Sun covered): across Western Europe, obscuration is already very high — 91% in London, 94% in Dublin, up to 98% in southern France — yet the eclipse stays partial there. The dashed red line marks where the Sun sets exactly at the moment of greatest eclipse.
Good to know: Madrid and Barcelona reach 99.9% obscuration but sit just a few dozen kilometres outside the yellow band — the eclipse will never be total there. Click the map near those cities to check the exact time and verdict.
Hovering a point on the centerline (white dashed line) shows the local time (CEST) and duration of totality there. City markers are coloured by obscuration: yellow (total), orange (≥ 90%), blue (≥ 50%), grey (less).
Frequently asked questions
How do I know if the eclipse will be total or partial where I live?
Click anywhere on the map, or on a city marker: a popup instantly shows the verdict (total, partial with the percentage, or not visible), plus the exact start, maximum and end times in your local time zone.
Why aren't Madrid and Barcelona in the path of totality despite 99.9% obscuration?
The path of totality, where the Moon fully covers the Sun, is only about a hundred kilometres wide. Madrid and Barcelona sit just outside that narrow band: obscuration there is nearly total (99.9%), but a thin crescent of the Sun always remains visible, so the eclipse stays partial.
How long does totality last in Iceland and Spain?
Totality lasts at most 2 minutes 18 seconds off the coast of Iceland (17:45:56 UTC, 65.2°N, 25.2°W). In Reykjavík, it lasts about 1 minute around 17:48 local time. In Spain, Gijón and Oviedo get roughly 1 minute 45 to 1 minute 48 of totality around 20:27–20:28, and Zaragoza about 1 minute 24 seconds at 20:30.