Overview
- On 12 August 2026 most of Germany will experience a very deep partial solar eclipse with coverage ranging roughly from 84 percent in the northeast to about 90–92 percent around Freiburg, according to national calculations and timeanddate.de.
- Local schedules show the event occurs in the evening so the Sun will be low on the western horizon for many places and towns such as Mindelheim and Bad Wörishofen report starts near 19:23 with peaks around 20:15, weather permitting.
- The path of totality runs across parts of Spain and Iceland so anyone who wants to see a full eclipse must travel outside Germany to locations inside that narrow umbral track.
- Health authorities and ophthalmologists warn that looking at the Sun without certified solar filters can cause painless but permanent retinal burns and advise using approved eclipse glasses or proper solar filters for cameras and telescopes.
- The 2026 event is one of the deepest partial eclipses seen in Germany in decades, the Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz says no equally strong eclipse is expected until 2075 and the next total eclipse over Germany will not occur until 2081.