OAN Staff Addie Davis
3:05 PM – Wednesday, August 12, 2026
A total solar eclipse shadowed portions of Europe marking the continent’s first such celestial event in decades.
On Wednesday, the moon passed in front of the Sun, darkening the skies and presenting a rare spectacle for millions of observers along a path extending from Iceland to Spain.
According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the last total eclipse took place more than two years ago over North America.
Ahead of the event, the space agency outlined the eclipse’s expected trajectory, noting that the path of totality would cross over the Arctic Circle from northern Russia, with western Iceland experiencing totality at approximately 5:45 p.m. local time.
NASA noted that the greatest eclipse—the point when the moon appears largest—was set to happen near the Icelandic peninsula on which sits the famous Snæfellsjökull volcano featured in Jules Verne’s “A Journey to the Center of the Earth.”
The path of totality continued on to Spain, where the country experienced its first total solar eclipse in more than 120 years.
Worldwide, the next total solar eclipse is set to take place on August 2nd, 2027, passing over Spain and North Africa and the Middle East, according to NASA.
The space agency added that the next total solar eclipse to be visible in the contiguous United States will take place on August 23rd, 2044.
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