On Aug. 12, 2026, Europe will experience its first total solar eclipse in 27 years. At the point of greatest eclipse, totality will last 2 minutes, 18 seconds — a relatively short time compared with the total solar eclipses in 2024 and 2027.
For this solar eclipse , totality will be visible from remote parts of Russia, eastern Greenland, western Iceland and the Iberian Peninsula. Here's where to witness the August 2026 total solar eclipse from Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Portugal and the Mediterranean Sea. Remember that it's unsafe to look directly at the sun during the partial phases of an eclipse.
At all times except when the sun is completely blocked by the moon , you must wear solar eclipse glasses . Read our guide on how to observe the sun safely . Entire path of totality This total solar eclipse will have a long and broad path, rising in remote Siberia and setting just east of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.
That journey is 5,133 miles (8,260 kilometers), during which the moon's central umbral shadow will be 182 miles (293 km) wide and take 96 minutes to flash across the planet. Only a small portion of that path crosses land, with 15.2 million people — the vast majority in northern Spain — destined to witness totality that day, according to Time and Date .
Related: 16 best places to see the 2026 total solar eclipse Path of totality in Russia The rise of this eclipse from a very remote part of the northern Siberian coast will be lonely. A tota.