Greenland · 12 August 2026
The 12 August 2026 eclipse in Station Nord
Station Nord is inside the path of totality: for 29 s the Moon covers the Sun completely, with the disc 18.7° 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 | 16:19 (UTC+00:00) |
|---|---|
| Maximum | 17:18 (UTC+00:00) |
| Last contact | 18:15 (UTC+00:00) |
| Sun covered at maximum | 100.0 % |
| Magnitude | 1.0005 |
| Length of totality | 29 s |
| Sun altitude at maximum | 18.7° |
| Type of place | station |
| Municipality | Outside the municipalities |
| Inhabitants (1 Jan 2026) | no census figure |
| Coordinates | 81.6000° N · 16.6667° W |
Nearby places
- Danmarkshavn 99.1 % · 539 km
- Daneborg 99.2 % · 815 km
- Mestersvig 100.0 % · 1,055 km
- Qeqertat 86.0 % · 1,061 km
- Siorapaluk 84.7 % · 1,103 km
- Qaanaaq 84.9 % · 1,106 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.