August 12 Total Solar Eclipse Crosses Europe for 2 Minutes as Canada Gets Partial View
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Updated · The Weather Network · Jun 21
August 12 Total Solar Eclipse Crosses Europe for 2 Minutes as Canada Gets Partial View
3 articles · Updated · The Weather Network · Jun 21
Summary
Up to 2 minutes 18 seconds of totality will sweep from the Arctic through Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and Spain on August 12, 2026, while no part of Canada lies in the total path.
Most of Canada will still see a partial solar eclipse that afternoon, with the strongest views in the north and east—especially Ellesmere Island, Baffin Island, Labrador's coast and Newfoundland's northern and eastern shores.
The same New Moon that drives the eclipse is expected to create near-ideal Perseid conditions that night, with little moonlight and peak rates of about 75 to 100 meteors an hour, or more.
August stays busy after that: Mercury and Jupiter meet low in the predawn sky on August 15, and a partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28 will immerse the Moon about 93% into Earth's umbra.