{"version":1,"generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:38:56.207Z","kind":"solar-eclipse","type":"total","name":"Total solar eclipse, 2026-08-12","greatestEclipse":{"at":"2026-08-12T17:45:43.788Z","lat":65.2,"lon":-25.1},"gamma":0.8979,"magnitude":1.0391,"sunAltitudeAtGreatest":26,"centralDurationSeconds":138,"visibility":{"timeZone":"UTC","bands":[{"latitude":60,"verdict":"total","summary":"Total at 23°W for 2m17s, the Sun 25° up","seenFromLongitudes":[{"from":166,"to":44}],"deepest":{"at":"2026-08-12T17:56:17.952Z","lon":-22.5,"magnitude":1.019,"obscuration":1,"sunAltitude":25,"centralSeconds":137}},{"latitude":45,"verdict":"total","summary":"Total at 9°W for 1m54s, the Sun 13° up","seenFromLongitudes":[{"from":-170,"to":-158},{"from":-95,"to":25}],"deepest":{"at":"2026-08-12T18:25:22.674Z","lon":-8.7,"magnitude":1.018,"obscuration":1,"sunAltitude":13,"centralSeconds":114}},{"latitude":30,"verdict":"partial","summary":"Partial: at most 84% of the Sun hidden, at 1°W, the Sun -1° up","seenFromLongitudes":[{"from":-71,"to":12}],"deepest":{"at":"2026-08-12T18:47:43.788Z","lon":-1,"magnitude":0.865,"obscuration":0.837,"sunAltitude":-1,"centralSeconds":null}},{"latitude":15,"verdict":"partial","summary":"Partial: at most 42% of the Sun hidden, at 11°W, the Sun -1° up","seenFromLongitudes":[{"from":-55,"to":0}],"deepest":{"at":"2026-08-12T19:07:43.788Z","lon":-11,"magnitude":0.522,"obscuration":0.419,"sunAltitude":-1,"centralSeconds":null}},{"latitude":0,"verdict":"partial","summary":"Partial: at most 3% of the Sun hidden, at 19°W, the Sun -1° up","seenFromLongitudes":[{"from":-30,"to":-15}],"deepest":{"at":"2026-08-12T19:23:43.788Z","lon":-19,"magnitude":0.091,"obscuration":0.033,"sunAltitude":-1,"centralSeconds":null}},{"latitude":-15,"verdict":"none","summary":"Not seen: the Moon’s shadow misses this latitude while the Sun is up","seenFromLongitudes":[],"deepest":null},{"latitude":-30,"verdict":"none","summary":"Not seen: the Moon’s shadow misses this latitude while the Sun is up","seenFromLongitudes":[],"deepest":null},{"latitude":-45,"verdict":"none","summary":"Not seen: the Moon’s shadow misses this latitude while the Sun is up","seenFromLongitudes":[],"deepest":null}]},"links":{"page":"https://www.whatthestar.com/eclipses/2026-08-12","map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.496&dec=14.8&fov=40&t=2026-08-12T17%3A46%3A00.000Z"},"sources":[{"name":"F. Espenak and J. Meeus, NASA Five Millennium Canon of Solar and Lunar Eclipses, which the tests hold these to","url":"https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse.html"},{"name":"J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, ch. 25 (the Sun) and ch. 47 (the Moon), as the map draws them","url":"https://www.whatthestar.com/credits#method-moon"},{"name":"Danjon’s rule for the Earth’s shadow, as NASA’s lunar eclipse catalogue applies it (NASA/TP-2009-214172, §1.3)","url":"https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEcat5/LEcatkey.html"}],"cities":[{"name":"Oviedo, Spain","lat":43.36,"lon":-5.85,"timeZone":"Europe/Madrid","verdict":"total","summary":"Total for 1m49s, the Sun 10° up","start":"2026-08-12T17:31:09.776Z","peak":"2026-08-12T18:27:48.682Z","end":"2026-08-12T19:20:53.838Z","centralSeconds":109,"magnitude":1.016,"obscuration":1,"altitudeAtPeak":10,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":true,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.495&dec=14.81&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T17%3A21Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=oviedo-spain"},{"name":"Palma, Spain","lat":39.57,"lon":2.65,"timeZone":"Europe/Madrid","verdict":"total","summary":"Total for 1m36s, the Sun 2° 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up","start":"2026-08-12T17:38:13.739Z","peak":"2026-08-12T18:32:48.895Z","end":"2026-08-12T19:24:04.364Z","centralSeconds":56,"magnitude":1.003,"obscuration":1,"altitudeAtPeak":4,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":false,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.496&dec=14.81&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T17%3A28Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=valencia-spain"},{"name":"Bilbao, Spain","lat":43.26,"lon":-2.93,"timeZone":"Europe/Madrid","verdict":"total","summary":"Total for 42s, the Sun 8° up","start":"2026-08-12T17:31:37.173Z","peak":"2026-08-12T18:27:27.329Z","end":"2026-08-12T19:19:53.110Z","centralSeconds":42,"magnitude":1.001,"obscuration":1,"altitudeAtPeak":8,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":false,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.495&dec=14.81&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T17%3A21Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=bilbao-spain"},{"name":"London, UK","lat":51.51,"lon":-0.13,"timeZone":"Europe/London","verdict":"partial","summary":"91% of the Sun hidden, the Sun 10° up","start":"2026-08-12T17:17:08.385Z","peak":"2026-08-12T18:13:08.854Z","end":"2026-08-12T19:06:09.323Z","centralSeconds":null,"magnitude":0.926,"obscuration":0.914,"altitudeAtPeak":10,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":true,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.495&dec=14.81&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T17%3A07Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=london-uk"},{"name":"Casablanca, Morocco","lat":33.59,"lon":-7.62,"timeZone":"Africa/Casablanca","verdict":"partial","summary":"87% of the Sun hidden, the Sun 6° up","start":"2026-08-12T17:48:25.751Z","peak":"2026-08-12T18:43:42.157Z","end":"2026-08-12T19:35:13.563Z","centralSeconds":null,"magnitude":0.89,"obscuration":0.869,"altitudeAtPeak":6,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":false,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.496&dec=14.8&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T17%3A38Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=casablanca-morocco"},{"name":"Berlin, Germany","lat":52.52,"lon":13.4,"timeZone":"Europe/Berlin","verdict":"partial","summary":"85% of the Sun hidden, the Sun 3° up","start":"2026-08-12T17:15:17.900Z","peak":"2026-08-12T18:08:13.681Z","end":"2026-08-12T18:58:44.150Z","centralSeconds":null,"magnitude":0.875,"obscuration":0.849,"altitudeAtPeak":3,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":false,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.495&dec=14.81&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T17%3A05Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=berlin-germany"},{"name":"Saint Petersburg, Russia","lat":59.93,"lon":30.32,"timeZone":"Europe/Moscow","verdict":"partial","summary":"79% of the Sun hidden, the Sun 0° up","start":"2026-08-12T16:59:48.735Z","peak":"2026-08-12T17:50:50.141Z","end":"2026-08-12T18:40:12.172Z","centralSeconds":null,"magnitude":0.83,"obscuration":0.792,"altitudeAtPeak":0,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":false,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.494&dec=14.81&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T16%3A49Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=saint-petersburg-russia"},{"name":"Dakar, Senegal","lat":14.72,"lon":-17.47,"timeZone":"Africa/Dakar","verdict":"partial","summary":"37% of the Sun hidden, the Sun 4° up","start":"2026-08-12T18:24:58.982Z","peak":"2026-08-12T19:12:02.263Z","end":"2026-08-12T19:55:53.357Z","centralSeconds":null,"magnitude":0.474,"obscuration":0.366,"altitudeAtPeak":4,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":false,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.498&dec=14.8&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T18%3A14Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=dakar-senegal"},{"name":"New York, USA","lat":40.71,"lon":-74.01,"timeZone":"America/New_York","verdict":"partial","summary":"9% of the Sun hidden, the Sun 62° up","start":"2026-08-12T17:07:38.941Z","peak":"2026-08-12T17:53:57.222Z","end":"2026-08-12T18:38:28.628Z","centralSeconds":null,"magnitude":0.185,"obscuration":0.094,"altitudeAtPeak":62,"upAtStart":true,"upAtEnd":true,"map":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.494&dec=14.81&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T16%3A57Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=new-york-usa"}],"bestCity":{"name":"Oviedo, Spain","before":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.495&dec=14.81&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T17%3A21Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=oviedo-spain","moment":"https://www.whatthestar.com/explore?ra=9.498&dec=14.79&fov=8&t=2026-08-12T18%3A27Z&sel=body%3ASun&at=oviedo-spain"}}