Total Solar Eclipse 2026 Live Streaming: Watch Surya Grahan Today, August 12

A total solar eclipse is set to sweep across parts of the Northern Hemisphere today, August 12, marking the first time totality has occurred on Earth in 28 months. While the narrow path of totality will largely pass over water, it will also darken skies above parts of Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and Spain. For viewers in India, the eclipse will not be visible from the ground, but several live streams will allow skywatchers worldwide to follow the event as it unfolds.

Where The Eclipse Will Be Visible

The total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal, while many other places in the Northern Hemisphere will experience a partial solar eclipse, including parts of the northern United States, most of Canada, much of Europe, and northwestern Africa. For a small, remote region in northern Russia, totality will occur mid-day, while for Greenland and Iceland the Sun will go dark in the late afternoon or early evening, and in Spain and the northwestern tip of Portugal the Sun won't be fully eclipsed until late evening, shortly before sunset. Total Solar Eclipse 2026: When Is Surya Grahan Today, August 12? India Time and Live Streaming Details.

Wednesday marks mainland Europe's first experience of totality since 1999, with some locations in Spain witnessing the eclipse in the late evening, offering a chance to see totality just before sunset.

Why It Won't Be Visible From India

For India, the eclipse will not be visible from the ground because the event occurs there after sunset. Skywatchers in the country will therefore need to rely on live broadcasts to watch the event unfold in real time. Total Solar Eclipse 2026: How To Click Photos of Surya Grahan Safely .

How To Watch: NASA And ESA Live Streams

NASA will stream the eclipse live starting at 1:15 p.m. EDT on August 12, with coverage available at nasa.gov/live.

Total Solar Eclipse 2026 Live Streaming

An official European Space Agency livestream will begin at 1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT) on August 12, featuring expert commentary on the science of the eclipse alongside live views from telescopes at the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre, located close to the Spanish city of Teruel, directly in the path of totality.

Other Livestream Options

London's Royal Observatory Greenwich will host two simultaneous YouTube streams featuring live views of the partial solar eclipse starting at 1:15 p.m. EDT (1815 GMT), with the first presented by astronomer Greg Brown offering expert commentary, and the second a silent stream showing visuals of the eclipse without accompanying audio.

The Virtual Telescope Project's livestream begins at 1:20 p.m. EDT (1720 GMT), bringing real-time views from robotic telescopes in Manciano, Italy, where a partial eclipse will be visible, as well as from the path of totality in Spain.

The Exploratorium, a science and art museum in San Francisco, will stream live views of totality from Villalibado, Spain, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, with the feed also incorporated into the Virtual Telescope Project's broadcast. Separately, weather and astronomy site Time and Date will begin its eclipse coverage at 12 p.m. Eastern, hosted by journalist Anne Buckle and astrophysicist Graham Jones, bouncing between sites in the path of totality including León in northwestern Spain, Mallorca and Iceland.

Deep Partial Eclipse For The UK

Across the UK, the eclipse will be partial, with NASA listing London's viewing window from 6:17 p.m. to 8:06 p.m. BST and maximum coverage of about 91 percent. Manchester will not experience totality but will see a deep partial eclipse, with maximum eclipse expected at about 7:10 p.m. and approximately 92.5 percent of the Sun covered. The Royal Observatory Greenwich has described the 2026 event as the closest thing to totality the British Isles will see for decades, with the next total solar eclipse visible from the UK not expected until 2090.

Partial Views For The US

The United States will see only a partial eclipse, with visibility strongest in northern regions including Alaska.

Skywatchers everywhere are reminded to use proper solar viewing equipment, such as certified eclipse glasses, when observing the event directly, and to rely on the livestream options above for safe viewing of totality from home.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 12, 2026 10:15 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).