We are a group of friends with a shared interest in astronomy, travel and anything that makes us look up. We built this site while getting ready for the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026 in Spain, and we have kept it going for the next one, on 2 August 2027, which crosses the far south of Spain and a long stretch of North Africa.
The aim is simple: gather the best data and the best places to watch from in one place, so that you can get the most out of it too. We work out the path, compare weather records, look for viewpoints and put together practical information for every location along the band of totality.
The timings and durations on this site are computed rather than copied. They come from the JPL DE440s planetary ephemerides, using the same method checked against the eclipses of 2017 and 2024, where it reproduced the published figures to better than a third of a second. Where a number here differs slightly from another source, it is usually because of a different assumption about the moon’s exact radius, and the difference is a second or two.
We also keep everything we published about the 2026 eclipse online, at its original addresses, clearly marked as archive. Old pages that quietly change their meaning are a nuisance, and links that stop working are worse.
If you have a suggestion, a correction or a favourite spot you want to share, write to us at hello@spainsolareclipse.com. We would like to hear from you.
There is a Spanish language sister site at eclipse-solar.es, covering the same eclipse for readers in Spain.