A total solar eclipse is scheduled for 12 August across parts of Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. The event will also produce a partial eclipse visible over a wider area including the UK, much of Europe, Canada and parts of the US and Africa.
Totality begins in Russia around midday local time and moves eastward over the Arctic Ocean. It passes south of the North Pole before reaching northeastern Greenland just after 4pm local time.
The Moon’s shadow travels along Greenland’s eastern coast at more than 3400 kilometres per hour. Maximum totality lasts about 2 minutes and 18 seconds as the path crosses into the Atlantic Ocean and reaches Iceland.
In Reykjavík totality will last just over one minute at 5.48pm local time. This marks the first total eclipse visible in Iceland since 1954. The path then continues to northern Spain just before 8.30pm local time, grazing northeastern Portugal and the Balearic Islands before sunset.
A partial eclipse will be visible for more than an hour in many northern locations. Eye protection is required throughout the partial phases.
