Viewpoint
Sand Dunes
31.0665, -4.0109
Eclipse 12 Aug 2026
Score 45/ 100
What the contact points (C1-C4) mean
A solar eclipse is described by four key moments, the contact points between the discs of the Sun and the Moon:
- C1First contact: the Moon touches the edge of the Sun and the partial eclipse begins.
- C2Second contact: the Moon fully covers the Sun and totality begins.
- C3Third contact: the Sun reappears and totality ends.
- C4Fourth contact: the Moon leaves the Sun's disc and the eclipse ends.
Where the eclipse is only partial, the Moon never fully covers the Sun: only C1 and C4 occur, with no totality in between.
Eclipse 2 Aug 2027
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Practical info
- Elevation
- —
- Accessibility
- No data
- Parking
- No data
- Coordinates
- 31.0665, -4.0109
Eclipse phases
Times in CEST local time
Oriented as seen with the naked eye, zenith up (official ephemerides usually draw it with celestial north up, rotated with respect to this).
Phases shown in red aren't observable: they happen while the Sun is below the horizon.
Location
- Latitude
- 31.0665° N
- Longitude
- 4.0109° W
- Elevation
- 0 m
Eclipse phases
- Eclipse begins
- 19:52:50
- Maximum
- 20:46:32
- Eclipse ends
- 21:36:42
- Sunset (flat horizon)
- 21:01:42
Duration
- Eclipse
- 1h 43m 52s
Values at maximum
- Obscuration
- 85%
- Sun altitude
- +2.5°
- Sun azimuth
- 285.9°
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Data derived from OpenStreetMap (view source).