Austria had the most awkward view in Central Europe of the eclipse of 12 August 2026: the Sun set over Vienna before the eclipse had even reached its peak. The eclipse of 2 August 2027 makes up for it. It happens late on a Monday morning with the Sun high, and about half the disc is covered across the country, 47% in Vienna at 11:17 a.m. and 54% in Innsbruck. A still larger partial eclipse follows on 1 June 2030, and in 2081 the path of a total eclipse crosses the country from Vorarlberg to Styria.

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August 2, 2027: partial solar eclipse

Local time. “Sun covered” is the share of the Sun's disc hidden at the best moment that is above the horizon.

January 26, 2028: partial solar eclipse

June 12, 2029: partial solar eclipse

June 1, 2030: partial solar eclipse

August 12, 2026: partial solar eclipse (past)

12 August 2026: The Sun Set During the Eclipse

In the west of Austria the evening went much as it did in Switzerland and southern Germany: the eclipse began at 7:24 p.m., and Bregenz and Innsbruck saw 90% of the Sun covered at 8:17 p.m., a degree or two above a level horizon. Further east the Sun ran out of sky. In Salzburg and Linz the maximum, 89% and 88%, coincided almost exactly with sunset. In Vienna and Graz the Sun went down at about 8:10 p.m. with 85% of it hidden and the eclipse still growing. In an Alpine valley, where the real horizon is a ridge several degrees high, the Sun was gone well before any of this. The eclipse was best seen from the flat country of the north and east or from a summit with an open view to the north-west.

2 August 2027: About Half the Sun, Late in the Morning

For the total eclipse over southern Spain and North Africa, Austria is close enough to see roughly half the Sun covered, and far enough east that it happens near midday. In Vienna the partial phase begins at 10:14 a.m., reaches 47% at 11:17 a.m. and ends at 12:22 p.m. The share grows towards the south-west: 48% in Linz, 51% in Salzburg, 52% in Graz, and 54% in Innsbruck at 11:11 a.m. and in Bregenz at 11:09 a.m. The Sun is around 50 degrees high, above any ridge, which makes this the easiest eclipse to watch from Austria in the whole decade. It falls in the school holidays, on a working Monday.

2028 and 2030: A Sliver at Sunset, Two Thirds at Breakfast

The annular eclipse of 26 January 2028 touches only the west of Austria, and only as the Sun sets: 23% covered in Bregenz, 16% in Innsbruck, 7% in Salzburg, nothing in Vienna. The eclipse of Saturday 1 June 2030 is a different matter. Its ring passes over Greece and Turkey, close enough that two thirds of the Sun is covered in the east of Austria: 67% in Vienna at 7:14 a.m., 68% in Graz, 65% in Linz and 62% in Bregenz. It lasts from 6:11 a.m. to 8:24 a.m. in Vienna, with the Sun about 20 degrees high in the east. In between, the eclipse of 12 June 2029 clips the Sun's edge at sunrise in Vienna and Linz, 3% at most.

Total Eclipses in Austria: 1999 and 2081

On 11 August 1999 the Moon's shadow crossed Austria from Salzburg to Burgenland. Salzburg had 2 minutes 4 seconds of totality and Graz, near the southern edge of the path, 1 minute 4 seconds; Vienna lay just outside and saw 99% of the Sun covered. The next total eclipse is on 3 September 2081, and its track runs further south and west: 3 minutes 55 seconds in Bregenz, 3 minutes 56 seconds in Innsbruck, 4 minutes 7 seconds in Klagenfurt and 2 minutes 19 seconds in Graz. Vienna, Linz and Salzburg stay outside it. Before then an annular eclipse on 13 July 2075 gives Vienna a ring of 2 minutes 27 seconds, low in the sky.

Frequently asked

What time is the solar eclipse on 2 August 2027 in Austria?

In Vienna it begins at 10:14 a.m., peaks at 11:17 a.m. and ends at 12:22 p.m. In Innsbruck the peak is at 11:11 a.m. and in Graz at 11:16 a.m.

Was the 12 August 2026 eclipse visible in Vienna?

Only its first part. The Sun set over Vienna at about 8:10 p.m. with 85% of it covered, before the eclipse reached its maximum.

When is the next total solar eclipse in Austria?

On 3 September 2081, across Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Carinthia and southern Styria. The last was on 11 August 1999.

Solar eclipses by country