Total Solar Eclipse 2026
Wed, Aug 12
|Keflavík International Airport
Total Solar Eclipse from Reykjavik, Iceland
Time & Location
Aug 12, 2026, 4:50 PM – 6:50 PM GMT
Keflavík International Airport, 235 Keflavík, Iceland
About the event
The total eclipse of August 12, 2026 will cross the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and Spain. In the northern part of North America, Scandinavia, Europe and west Africa, a partial eclipse will be visible. Maximum duration of the total eclipse is 2m 18s in the ocean 44.7 km west of Látrabjarg, Iceland.
In Iceland, the narrow path of totality crosses the westernmost part of the country. The Moon’s umbral shadow first makes a landfall at Straumnes Lighthouse in Hornstrandir in the Westfjords of Iceland at 17:43:28 UT. There, totality lasts for 1m 26s while at Látrabjarg, you can enjoy the show a littler longer, for 2m 13s.
The Moon’s shadow races by at a speed of around 3400 km/h (2110 mph). It moves south to cross the Snæfellsnes peninsula, Reykjavík and the Reykjanes peninsula. The last part of the Moon’s umbra to leave the mainland of Iceland is Reykjanestá Lighthouse…