Overview
- The eclipse, which will occur Wednesday, August 12, will begin across Spanish territory around 19:30 local time and reach local totality roughly between 20:27 and 20:34 depending on the town.
- Totality will be very brief with most places under two minutes and a NASA Goddard maximum of about 2 minutes 37 seconds, so exact site choice and timing matter for seeing the full eclipse.
- Authorities have moved to operational mode: regional civil‑protection plans such as Euskadi’s LABI are active, 52 official observation points have been set in Madrid, and transport operators have added train and bus reserves to handle large flows.
- Safety messaging is focused on certified solar filters (ISO 12312-2), warning that ordinary sunglasses are unsafe and that filters must be removed only during the short phase of totality.
- For those not on the path, NASA and ESA will stream the event and national tools such as the IGN Eclipses app and the Ministry of Science AR visor let people check site visibility and horizon clearance before traveling.