Yes, North America gets a solar eclipse on Aug. 12. Here's where and when to see it
08-08-2026 14:00 via space.com

Yes, North America gets a solar eclipse on Aug. 12. Here's where and when to see it

It's hardly a "Great American Eclipse," but on Aug. 12, 2026, some parts of the North American continent will see a partial solar eclipse. Will it be as impressive as on April 8, 2024, when totality visited Mexico, 15 U.S. states and six provinces in Canada? No, yet in some parts of the U.S. and Canada, astronomers will be out in force to capture a significant chunk of the sun as it is obscured by the new moon. The spotlight may be on the total solar eclipse in Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, but
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