# Total Solar Eclipse Aug 12 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-solar-eclipse-aug-12-2026/1027280 "2026-02-01T19:49:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-solar-eclipse-aug-12-2026/1027280/12 "2026-08-04T01:10:29Z")
If I knew where I will be, that would be easier. 😉 But seriously, thanks for the ref. I can sure hit a range of plausible locations and get a plausible range of values. Which suggests we’ll settle in someplace where all 90 seconds of totality are ~20-30 minutes before sunset. A risk with eclipses occurring near the local horizon is that you’re looking through hundreds of miles of atmosphere. So even if the odds of a cloud being in view straight up are low, the odds of a cloud looking that far sorta horizontally across the atmosphere and out to space approaches 100%. Gonna be a party in any case. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-solar-eclipse-aug-12-2026/1027280)._