On 12 August 2026 the Moon covers the Sun along a track from the Arctic to Spain. Its disc appears 1.038 times the Sun's at greatest eclipse, so for up to 2 min 18 s nothing of the Sun shows. Scroll, and the Moon crosses.Source: NASA GSFC Eclipse Web Site (F. Espenak), path table and catalog for 2026 Aug 12. The discs are drawn to that ratio.
The Moon's shadow crosses Greenland, Iceland and Spain between 17:02 and 18:30 UT. The band is NASA's central line at 120-second intervals; its width is drawn at the 294 km of greatest eclipse rather than varying (262 to 319 km). Scroll, and the shadow travels.Source: NASA GSFC path table, 2026 Aug 12 (WGS 84). Coastline: Natural Earth 1:110m, public domain, simplified. Labels sit at the table's rows nearest each crossing.
Totality lasts longest, 2 min 18 s, at 65°N 25°W west of Iceland at 17:46 UT with the Sun 26° up. Over Spain at 18:30 UT, the last row of NASA's table, it lasts 1 min 45 s on the central line with the Sun 8° above the horizon. Scroll to fill the ring, or play it at real speed.Source: NASA GSFC path table, 2026 Aug 12: central-line duration 02m18.2s at 17:46 UT, 01m44.6s at 18:30 UT; sunrise limit 01m34.3s.
