{"id":9276,"date":"2026-08-12T06:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=9276"},"modified":"2026-08-12T06:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T06:07:48","slug":"a-rare-sunset-total-solar-eclipse-will-occur-for-millions-of-people-on-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=9276","title":{"rendered":"A rare sunset total solar eclipse will occur for millions of people on Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The grand stellar spectacle of the year has arrived. A total solar eclipse will be easily visible over parts of Europeon Wednesday.\n <\/p>

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\n A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and Earth, casting a shadow on our planet that completely blocks the sun\u2019s light from some areas of the world, according to NASA.\n <\/p>\n

\n Major viewing locations in parts of Iceland, northern Spain and a small corner of northeastern Portugal will be in the path of totality, when the skies go momentarily dark as the sun completely disappears from view \u2014 creating a rare sunset eclipse for some, especially observers in Spain.\n <\/p>\n

\n Meanwhile, a partial eclipse, in which only some of the sun\u2019s light is blocked from view, will pass over the northern US, Canada, much of Europe and northwestern Africa. Check Time and Date to see when it will occur in your area.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Remember to wear certified eclipse glasses or use a handheld solar viewer to protect your vision any time the sun\u2019s light is on display before, during or after the eclipse, and follow these safety tips to protect your vision.\n <\/p>\n

\n For those who live outside the eclipse\u2019s path, the European Space Agency will share a livestream of totality from Spain\u2019s Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre in Teruel. NASA is also hosting a live broadcast sharing views from across the path beginning at 1:15 p.m. ET.\n <\/p>\n

\n Here\u2019s what to expect during the eclipse.\n <\/p>\n

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\nA statue is silhouetted during a partial solar eclipse on March 29, 2025, in Nuuk, Greenland.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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\n The excitement kicks off in a remote part of northern Russia where totality occurs midday local time. Sky-gazers in Greenland and Iceland will experience the longest duration of totality \u2014 about two minutes and 15 seconds \u2014 in the late afternoon and early evening.\n <\/p>\n

\n But Spain and the northeastern tip of Portugal will experience a special spectacle as totality, which will last just under two minutes, occurs right before sunset. In Le\u00f3n, totality will begin at 8:28 p.m. local time and end at 8:30 p.m.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Dr. Ryan French, solar astrophysicist at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics in Boulder, Colorado, and coauthor of \u201cLittle Book of Eclipses,\u201d is staying a few hours north of Madrid where totality will last for one minute and 45 seconds. He opted for a shorter eclipse experience with the likelihood of less cloud cover.\n <\/p>\n

\n The partial eclipse phase that lingers after totality won\u2019t conclude until 9:22 p.m. local time in Le\u00f3n.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cFor pretty much the entirety of Spain, by the time the sun sets sort of over the horizon, the total eclipse will have happened, but the sun will set in a partial eclipse, a beautiful sight seeing the sun set as a crescent sun,\u201d French said.\n <\/p>\n

\n And just as the eclipse excitement begins to subside, one of the best meteor showers of the year, the Perseids, will peak between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. <\/strong>NASA will host a live watch party with experts on YouTube beginning at 12 a.m. ET on August 13.\n <\/p>\n

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\nPeople observe a partial solar eclipse on a paper through a telescope in Ankara, Turkey, on October 25, 2022.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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\n For those living outside of the path of totality, a crescent-shaped partial eclipse, rather than a total eclipse, will be the main event.\n <\/p>\n

\n The amount of exposed sunlight depends on how close viewers live to the path of totality. For example, people in the US will only see a small part of the sun covered by the moon, while Europe and northwestern Africa will experience a more dramatic cloaking of much of the sun, according to NASA.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cNew York will see a 10% eclipse, so you know a very small slice of the sun missing,\u201d French said. \u201cBut if you\u2019re in Europe, obviously that slice is much larger. In the United Kingdom, which won\u2019t actually experience a total solar eclipse until the year 2090, they\u2019re actually getting a 95% eclipse for this event.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The partial eclipse will occur in the morning for those in Alaska and northern Canada, in the afternoon for the northern US and eastern Canada, and in the evening for viewers in the UK, Ireland, Africa and mainland Europe, where the sunset eclipse phenomenon will occur.\n <\/p>\n

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\nPeople react to the total eclipse at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, on August 21, 2017.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n
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\n The moon doesn\u2019t suddenly appear between Earth and the sun \u2014 the event begins with a partial eclipse, in which the moon appears to take a \u201cbite\u201d out of the sun. Depending on your location, the partial eclipse can last between 70 and 80 minutes, according to NASA.\n <\/p>

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\n As the time of totality nears, look for changes in the sky\u2019s appearance as it begins to eerily darken.\n <\/p>\n

\n When the moon starts to cross in front of the sun, the star\u2019s rays will shine around valleys on the moon\u2019s horizon, creating glowing drops of light around the moon called Baily\u2019s beads. The phenomenon was named for English astronomer Francis Baily, who noted them during an annular eclipse on May 15, 1836.\n <\/p>\n

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\nAn airplane passes by as the total solar eclipse is seen from Bloomington, Indiana, on Monday, April 8.<\/span>\n
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