A total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland, and Spain

A total solar eclipse occurred in Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. Partial eclipses were visible over much of northern North America and over Europe, except most of Ukraine, Greece, Bulgaria, and Russia. Partial eclipse was also visible over northwestern Africa and northern Asian Russia. The event is the solar eclipse of 12 August 2026.

A total solar eclipse happens when the Moon fully blocks the Sun along a narrow path. Observers on that path see totality. Observers outside it, in the partial zone described above, see only part of the Sun covered. The report separates those two experiences.

The places of totality named in the report are Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. It does not add a further country to that totality path. It does describe a wide partial zone across northern North America, most of Europe with the exceptions listed, northwestern Africa, and northern Asian Russia. Those partial regions are not described as places of totality.

The eclipse is the first total eclipse observable in mainland Europe since August 1999. That comparison sets the gap since the last mainland European totality. The report does not give the duration of totality in minutes. It does not name a single best viewing city.

Spain is named as a totality country alongside Greenland and Iceland. The note does not divide Spain into regions. Cloud cover and local weather are not reported. The astronomical claim is the path and the partial zone, not a travel diary.

No damage, injury, or power-grid effect is attached to the eclipse report. It is filed as a science event. The confirmed facts are totality in Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, the partial zones listed, and the first mainland European totality since August 1999.