Solar eclipse tracker: What time will it hit your location on August 12?
In a solar eclipse, the moon passes between Earth and the sun and blocks its light, in one of four ways: partial, annular, total or hybrid.
Wednesday’s eclipse will be mainland Europe’s first total solar eclipse since 1999, with about 15 million people, mostly in Spain, living in the path of totality.
In this composite of eight photographs, the moon passes by the sun into totality and away again during a total solar eclipse in Bloomington, Indiana, US, on April 8, 2024 [Josh Edelson/AFP]How often do solar eclipses occur?
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