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Solar eclipse tracker: What time will it hit your location on August 12?

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On August 12, 2026, starting at 15:34 GMT, the moon's shadow will race from the Arctic across Greenland, Iceland and Spain, blotting out the sun for as long as two minutes and 18 seconds. Wednesday's eclipse will be mainland Europe's first total solar eclipse since 1999. Total solar eclipses are much less frequent and occur an average of 66 times in a century or roughly once every year and a half. Totality will begin at roughly 18:27 GMT in western Spain (8:27pm local time) and last for up to 110 seconds. About 15 million people, mostly in Spain, live in the path of totality. Madrid and Barcelona will still experience more than 99 percent solar coverage.