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The total solar eclipse of 2026 August 12

2025 October 7

Peter Macdonald

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Volume 135, Issue 5, Pages 311–316 (2025)
A B S T R A C T

The total eclipse in 2026 is visible from Greenland, Iceland and Spain; in the British Isles, a large partial eclipse may be seen during the early evening. This paper summarises the circumstances of the eclipse in the British Isles, Iceland and across the Iberian Peninsula.

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