Overview
- The 12 August 2026 eclipse will cross a roughly 290‑kilometre path that includes southern Catalonia and Tarragona but not Barcelona, with central-line totality lasting about 1 minute 36 to 1 minute 50 seconds.
- Authorities selected 27 viewing locations across 20 Catalan municipalities using criteria that required at least 55 seconds of totality, populations over 3,000, and sun visibility from at least 60% of the terrain at around 20:30.
- The operational plan anticipates capacity for about 85,200 people and 40,805 vehicles, coordinated by Agents Rurals, Mossos d'Esquadra, the Servei Català del Trànsit and Protecció Civil to manage access and prevent overcrowding.
- The Generalitat’s new interdepartmental eclipse commission will oversee logistics, science outreach and public safety, with a planned eye‑protection campaign in collaboration with the public health agency still being defined.
- Spain’s eclipse cycle will continue with a second total event on 2 August 2027 in the south, where Ceuta could see up to 4 minutes 48 seconds of totality, and an annular eclipse on 26 January 2028 with full annularity in Sevilla, Málaga, Murcia and València.