# European Total Solar Eclipse 12 Aug

**URL:** <https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/european-total-solar-eclipse-12-aug/1718>\
**Category:** Events\
**Tags:** observing, education-knowledge\
**Created:** [August 11, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/european-total-solar-eclipse-12-aug/1718 "2026-08-11T14:54:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/mitche/32/61_2.png) [@Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Mitche)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/european-total-solar-eclipse-12-aug/1718/1 "2026-08-11T14:54:32Z")

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There is a total solar eclipse occuring tomorrow, 12 Aug. Local times for it are:

Starts 10:34 am CDT  
Total (start) 11:58 am CDT  
Maximum 12:46 pm CDT  
Total (end) 1:34 pm CDT  
Ends 2:57 pm CDT

While OKC is far outside the path of totality, or even partial totality, thanks to our modern technology you can still view it live. A couple of live streams I’ve found are at:

From Collado Mediano, Spain:

[![](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b5b083a357bb7fb9a5a18260c9c6374217932908.jpeg "TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2026 — LIVE with Vaonis from Collado Mediano, Spain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ptmD8wcK0)

From León, Spain:  
[https://www.timeanddate.com/live/eclipse-solar-2026-august-12](https://www.timeanddate.com/live/eclipse-solar-2026-august-12)

I’m sure there will be lots of live streams available, but these are from a couple of reliable sources and you don’t have to surf around to find one.

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**Author:** ![Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/mitche/32/61_2.png) [@Mitche](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Mitche)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/european-total-solar-eclipse-12-aug/1718/2 "2026-08-12T18:22:20Z")

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I got those times from [timeanddate.com](http://timeanddate.com), but they’re obviously off. That might have been for Iceland (where it was cloudy).

Totality is about 5 minutes away in Spain, depending where you are.

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**Author:** ![BobOkie](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BobOkie](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/BobOkie)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/european-total-solar-eclipse-12-aug/1718/3 "2026-08-13T00:14:27Z")

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Watched on YouTube live stream. Reminded me of OKC event a couple of years ago. Thank you for the link.

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**Author:** ![DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/davenh6sm/32/112_2.png) [@DaveNH6SM](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/DaveNH6SM)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 12:51am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/european-total-solar-eclipse-12-aug/1718/4 "2026-09-01T00:51:01Z")

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Here is a picture from Nick Williams of the Partial Solar Eclipse from England. He visited OKC and came out to the Clubs Partial Lunar Eclipse. He used a William Optics 71ED & Canon DSLR.

 ![Partial Solar Eclipse 2026.08.12 Nick W_LAS](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/2X/0/02901407fd94192f23ca3a7fd2ea1e4bbf023888.jpeg)