The August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse in Alcubilla de Avellaneda (Soria)
Soria
Within the path of totalityOne hundred and five seconds was the Soria ceiling, and Alcubilla de Avellaneda did not reach it alone: six other Soria municipalities recorded exactly the same figure. What set it apart was the skyline. The terrain model gave it 7.9 degrees of clearance between the Sun and the horizon line at maximum, two tenths off the best value in the province, and that with the Sun only 8 degrees up. Alcubilla also sits outside the cluster that dominates the rest of the Soria ranking: it lies north of the Duero rather than on the Zaragoza border, and its 951 metres place it among the low points of a province whose median altitude inside the band is around 1,065.
Darkness held from 20:29:14 to 20:30:59. The Sun then stayed bitten until it set, 47 minutes after maximum. Its 52.9% of clear days ranks it 40th of the 183 Soria municipalities in the band: an average of thirty Augusts between 1996 and 2025, not what happened on the day.
Official timings (IGN)
| Moment | Time (CEST) |
|---|---|
| Eclipse begins (C1) | 19:34:23 |
| Totality begins (C2) | 20:29:14 |
| Eclipse maximum | 20:30:07 |
| Totality ends (C3) | 20:30:59 |
| Sunset | 21:17:25 |
| Duration of totality | 1m 45s |
| Magnitude | 1.03 |
| Sun altitude | 8° |
| Sun azimuth | 283° |
In Alcubilla de Avellaneda the Sun set at 21:17:25, still eclipsed: the eclipse did not reach its astronomical end (C4) before sunset.
Source: Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN, Spain).Score for this municipality: 84/100
score = 100·(0.40·duration_norm + 0.30·horizon + 0.30·weather). Duration normalized over 110s (maximum in Spain); horizon margin over 2° (solar radius + safety margin).
Historical climate (1996-2025)
- Clear days (30-year average)
- 52.9%
- Average cloud cover
- 32.8%
- Average high temperature
- 29.4°C
- Average low temperature
- 15.7°C
- Years with rain
- 28.6%
- Altitude
- 951 m
30-year statistical estimate (1996-2025) for 12 August, not a weather forecast for the event.
Nearby towns within totality
- Brazacorta20:30:08 · 1m 44s
- Fuentearmegil20:30:06 · 1m 44s
- Coruña del Conde20:30:04 · 1m 44s
- Espeja de San Marcelino20:29:58 · 1m 44s
- Huerta de Rey20:29:56 · 1m 45s
- Arandilla20:30:07 · 1m 44s
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