The Coming total solar eclipse is happening tomorrow Wednesday, August 12, 2026. This eclipse will not be visible from anywhere in the United States. The eclipse will be about 2 minutes and 18 seconds in length in Iceland, where the largest amount of tourism is being experienced in the country’s history. We will follow up with the video caption of the satellite imagery.

Eclipsed? Not totally. courtesy of Openverse
On August 12, 2026, this total solar eclipse can be observed in totality in the following regions:
- Spain
- Iceland
- Greenland
The partial part of the eclipse will be visible many more places. The statistics are below. . .
Map of the Total Solar Eclipse 2026:
NASA Diagram Map of the Total Solar Eclipse 2026:
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“Total Solar Eclipse of 2026 Aug 12” Information Courtesy of NASA – eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov
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August 12th Solar Eclipse Information:
| Total Solar Eclipse – 08/12/26 | |
| EVENT DURATION – 04:23:14; TOTALITY: 02:18 | |
| Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse | |
| Local Type: | Total Solar Eclipse, in N. North America, W. Africa, Europe [Total: Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Spain] |
| Partiality Begins: | Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 10:34 am |
| Total Begins: | Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 11:58 am |
| Maximum: | Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 12:46 pm – 1.039 Magnitude |
| Total Ends: | Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 1:34 pm |
| Partiality Ends: | Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 2:57 pm |
| Total Span: | TOTAL = 00:02:18, PARTIALITY – 04:24 |
| Times are CST. There will be no eclipse visible in Chicago or the U.S. Note that the times are 1 hour later at EST | |
Times CDST Information courtesy of timeanddate.com
Future Solar Eclipse Information:
| Solar Eclipse Information: 2026 – 2031 |
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| Calendar Date (Map Link) |
TD of Greatest Eclipse (Animation Link) |
Eclipse Type Map Link) |
Saros Series (Link) |
Eclipse Magnitude |
Central Duration (Path Table Link) |
Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility |
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| 02/17/2026 | 12:13:05 | Annular | 121 | 0.963 | 02m20s | S. Argentina & Chile, S. Africa, Antarctica [Annular: Antarctica] | |
| 08/12/2026 | 17:47:05 | Total | 126 | 1.039 | 02m18s | N. North America, W. Africa, Europe [Total: Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Spain] |
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| 02/06/2027 | 16:00:47 | Annular | 131 | 0.928 | 07m51s | South America, Antarctica, W & S. Africa [Annular: Chile, Argentina, Atlantic] | |
| 08/02/2027 | 10:07:49 | Total | 136 | 1.079 | 06m23s | Africa, Europe, Mid-East, W. & S. Asia [Total:Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia] | |
| 01/26/2028 | 15:08:58 | Annular | 141 | 0.921 | 10m27s | E. North America, Central America & South America, W. Europe, N.W. Africa [Annular: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Suriname, Spain, Portugal] |
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| 07/22/2028 | 02:56:39 | Total | 146 | 1.056 | 05m10s | S.E. Asia, E. Indies, Australia, New Zealand [Total: Australia, New Zealand] |
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| 01/14/2029 | 17:13:47 | Partial | 151 | 0.871 | – | North America, Central America | |
| 06/12/2029 | 04:06:13 | Partial | 118 | 0.458 | – | Arctic, Scandinavia, Alaska, N. Asia, N. Canada | |
| 07/11/2029 | 15:37:18 | Partial | 156 | 0.230 | – | S. Chile, S. Argentina |
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| 12/05/2029 | 15:03:57 | Partial | 123 | 0.891 | – | S. Argentina, S. Chile, Antarctica | |
| 06/01/2030 | 06:29:13 | Annular | 128 | 0.944 | 05m21s | Europe, N. Africa, Mid-East, Asia, Arctic, Alaska [Annular: Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, N. China, Japan] |
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| 11/25/2030 | 06:51:37 | Total | 133 | 1.047 | 03m44s | S. Africa, S. Indian Ocean, E. Indies, Australia, Antarctica [Total: Botswana, S. Africa, Australia] |
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| 05/21/2031 | 07:16:04 | Annular | 138 | 1.047 | 05m26s | S. Africa, S. Indian Ocean, E. Indies, Australia [Annular: Tansania, India, Malaysia, Indonesia] |
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| 11/14/2031 | 21:07:31 | Hybrid | 143 | 1.047 | 01m08s | N. Pacific, Aleutians, Hawaii, S. Pacific, N. Pacific, S. America, N. America [Hybrid=Sunrise & Sunset; Total in Middle; Annular: Panama] |
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Times UTC Information courtesy of eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov
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More information on future solar and lunar eclipses can be found at timeanddate.com.
Specific information on the 08/12/26 Partial Solar Eclipse & More from TimeandDate.com
And more information on future eclipses, please visit NASA at:
An Eclipse Never Comes Alone!
A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.
See you in a few weeks: The partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026 — Visible across the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

Total Eclipse Sequence courtesy of Openverse
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I missed it this time.
Thanks for this amazing post.
Very exciting! Along with the Perseid metor shower over night – it’s quite the show!