Greenland · 12 August 2026
The 12 August 2026 eclipse in Mestersvig
Mestersvig is inside the path of totality: for 74 s the Moon covers the Sun completely, with the disc 23.5° above the horizon. It is one of only two inhabited spots in Greenland where that happens.
No civil locality in the country falls inside the path: the closest, Ittoqqortoormiit, stops at 99.7%.
The figures, minute by minute
| First contact | 16:32 (UTC+00:00) |
|---|---|
| Maximum | 17:33 (UTC+00:00) |
| Last contact | 18:32 (UTC+00:00) |
| Sun covered at maximum | 100.0 % |
| Magnitude | 1.0031 |
| Length of totality | 74 s |
| Sun altitude at maximum | 23.5° |
| Type of place | station |
| Municipality | Outside the municipalities |
| Inhabitants (1 Jan 2026) | no census figure |
| Coordinates | 72.2336° N · 23.9226° W |
Nearby places
- Nerlerit Inaat 99.9 % · 172 km
- Ittoqqortoormiit 99.7 % · 207 km
- Daneborg 99.2 % · 259 km
- Danmarkshavn 99.1 % · 527 km
- Sermiligaaq 94.8 % · 856 km
- Kuummiit 94.3 % · 875 km
Circumstances computed with JPL DE440s ephemerides (skyfield), the same engine this site uses for the Spanish municipalities, cross-checked against the Spanish IGN. Population: Statistics Greenland, table BEESTD "Population in Localities January 1st", 1 January 2026. Coordinates: GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0) and, for Innaarsuit, Wikidata (CC0). Municipalities and districts: Statistics Greenland, table BEESTC.