| Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Total |
| Gamma | 0.8977 |
| Magnitude | 1.0386 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Duration | 2m 18s |
| Coordinates | 65.2N 25.2W |
| Max. width of band | 294 km |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 17:47:06 |
| References | |
| Saros | 126 (48 of 72) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9566 |
A total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2026.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| 121 | February 17, 2026 Annular |
126 | August 12, 2026 Total |
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| 131 | February 6, 2027 Annular |
136 | August 2, 2027 Total |
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| 141 | January 26, 2028 Annular |
146 | July 22, 2028 Total |
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| 151 | January 14, 2029 Partial |
156 | July 11, 2029 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029 and December 5, 2029 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
It is a part of Saros cycle 126, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on March 10, 1179. It contains annular eclipses from June 4, 1323 through April 4, 1810 and hybrid eclipses from April 14, 1828 through May 6, 1864. It contains total eclipses from May 17, 1882 through August 23, 2044. The series ends at member 72 as a partial eclipse on May 3, 2459. The longest duration of central eclipse (annular or total) was 5 minutes, 46 seconds of annularity on November 22, 1593. The longest duration of totality was 2 minutes, 36 seconds on July 10, 1972.[1]
Series members 39-49 occur between 1901 and 2100:
| 39 | 40 | 41 |
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June 8, 1918 |
June 19, 1936 |
June 30, 1954 |
| 42 | 43 | 44 |
July 10, 1972 |
July 22, 1990 |
August 1, 2008 |
| 45 | 46 | 47 |
August 12, 2026 |
August 23, 2044 |
September 3, 2062 |
| 48 | 49 | |
September 13, 2080 |
September 25, 2098 |
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
This series has 21 eclipse events between June 1, 2011 and June 1, 2087.
| May 31 – June 1 | March 20 | January 5–6 | October 24–25 | August 12–13 |
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| 118 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
June 1, 2011 |
March 20, 2015 |
January 6, 2019 |
October 25, 2022 |
August 12, 2026 |
| 128 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
June 1, 2030 |
March 20, 2034 |
January 5, 2038 |
October 25, 2041 |
August 12, 2045 |
| 138 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
May 31, 2049 |
March 20, 2053 |
January 5, 2057 |
October 24, 2060 |
August 12, 2064 |
| 148 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
May 31, 2068 |
March 19, 2072 |
January 6, 2076 |
October 24, 2079 |
August 13, 2083 |
| 157 | ||||
June 1, 2087 |
