Overview
- The eclipse will occur on Wednesday, Aug. 12, with a narrow path of totality across parts of Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain and a very deep partial eclipse visible across much of Europe and parts of North America.
- The U.K. and Ireland will not see totality but will experience about 90–96 percent coverage, with Cornwall, Devon and the Isles of Scilly predicted to have the deepest partial views and precise city‑level timings now published.
- Health agencies and observatories are urging use of ISO 12312‑2 certified eclipse glasses or proper solar filters for all partial phases because looking at the sun without them can cause permanent retinal injury.
- Northern Spain expects heavy visitor demand as the primary mainland destination for totality, creating pressure on transport, hotels and supplies of certified viewers and prompting local last‑minute planning.
- Science teams and broadcasters have scheduled coordinated campaigns, public telescope viewings and livestreams to study the solar corona and atmospheric effects during totality, which follows an unusually far‑north shadow path near the North Pole.