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Total Solar Eclipse
12 Aug 2026 — The day the Sun goes dark over Europe
📍 Oviedo — inside the path of totality
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Inside the path of totality. For about 1m 51s at 20:27 CEST the Sun's corona will blaze around a black Moon, low over the horizon. The first total solar eclipse to cross mainland Europe since 1999, and the first over Spain since 1905. It opens the Spanish "Iberian trio" of 2026, 2027 and 2028.
What Oviedo sees
Total
Moon fully covers the Sun
Totality
1m 51s
20:27 CEST
Sun altitude
10°
Low — dramatic horizon
First contact
19:31
partial begins
Local timeline
Oviedo19:31
First bite
20:27
Totality
21:20
Last
All times in Oviedo local (CEST). Totality is the only moment you may safely remove eclipse glasses.
What each city sees
Per-location pagesEvery row is its own page with distinct local data — computed server-side, cached, and cited.
| City | Coverage | Local max | Sun alt. | Totality | |
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| Oviedo 🇪🇸 | Totality | 20:27 CEST | 10° | ~1m 51s | View → |
| Burgos 🇪🇸 | Totality | 20:29 CEST | 8° | ~1m 47s | View → |
| Palma 🇪🇸 | Totality | 20:31 CEST | 3° | ~1m 39s | View → |
| Zaragoza 🇪🇸 | Totality | 20:29 CEST | 6° | ~1m 27s | View → |
| Valencia 🇪🇸 | Totality | 20:32 CEST | 5° | ~1m 06s | View → |
| Reykjavík 🇮🇸 | Totality | 17:48 GMT | 25° | ~1m 05s | View → |
| Bilbao 🇪🇸 | Totality | 20:27 CEST | 8° | ~36s | View → |
| Madrid 🇪🇸 | 99.9% | 20:32 CEST | 7° | — | View → |
| Barcelona 🇪🇸 | 99.9% | 20:29 CEST | 4° | — | View → |
| Cork 🇮🇪 | 96% | 19:13 GMT+1 | 16° | — | View → |
| Rome 🇮🇹 | 95% | 20:24 CEST | -2° | — | View → |
| Lisbon 🇵🇹 | 94% | 19:35 WEST | 10° | — | View → |
| Dublin 🇮🇪 | 94% | 19:10 GMT+1 | 15° | — | View → |
| Cardiff 🇬🇧 | 93% | 19:13 BST | 12° | — | View → |
| Belfast 🇬🇧 | 93% | 19:08 BST | 15° | — | View → |
| Paris 🇫🇷 | 92% | 20:17 CEST | 8° | — | View → |
| London 🇬🇧 | 91% | 19:13 BST | 10° | — | View → |
| Manchester 🇬🇧 | 91% | 19:10 BST | 12° | — | View → |
| Edinburgh 🇬🇧 | 91% | 19:05 BST | 14° | — | View → |
| Amsterdam 🇳🇱 | 88% | 20:10 CEST | 8° | — | View → |
| Berlin 🇩🇪 | 85% | 20:08 CEST | 4° | — | View → |
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Never look without protection
A partial eclipse is never safe to view with the naked eye. Use certified solar eclipse glasses (ISO 12312-2) or projection. Only inside the path, during the brief seconds of totality, may glasses come off. Full safety guide →
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Times computed byOrbital Radar eclipse engine· NASA eclipse data· HM Nautical Almanac· timeanddate cross-check