☀️ Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.

A total solar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 - in exactly 1 year’s time.

We are going to Iceland to see it. And in retirement we have the time to make a holiday out of it.

For Reykjavík, the eclipse will run as follows - it really is fantastic that the timings can be so accurate and precise.

• 16:47:11 - Start of Partial Eclipse

• 17:48:16 - Start of Total Eclipse

• 17:48:47 - Maximum Eclipse

• 17:49:17 - End of Total Eclipse

• 18:47:40 - End of partial Eclipse

So nearly 2 hours of an experience with the Total Eclipse lasting just 1 minute.

We’ve visited Iceland maybe 5 or 6 times over the years - so we are quite familiar with the airport, car hire and accommodation - including the very changeable weather.

Whilst flight availability and prices haven’t been released yet, I can see that accommodation is already expensive. And expensive for an already expensive place like Iceland translates to VERY expensive.

I’m going to have to work some magic to get affordable flights and accommodation. To make it even more challenging our two adult kids are coming with us - so flights and accommodation for 4 are required.

Read the related posts in this Eclipse category to understand how I apply my tried and tested approaches to getting good value for this and other unique travel plans.

Happy travels!