Rare solar eclipse to occur on Northern Hemisphere and Mediterranean on August 12
Longer eclipse next year The total eclipse will begin near the North Pole before moving south and will last for up to two minutes and 18 seconds.
Darkness will descend on the Iberian Peninsula near sunset, as well as in small parts of Greenland and Iceland, where the sun, moon, and Earth will align perfectly in the sky, according to The Independent.
By the time it reaches a small area of Portugal, then Spain, where large crowds are expected, the total eclipse will have diminished to a minute, ending in the Mediterranean Sea.
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