Germany sees no total solar eclipse this decade, but it sees a partial one almost every year. On the evening of 12 August 2026 between 85% and 89% of the Sun was covered as it went down. On Monday 2 August 2027 the next one comes late in the morning: half the Sun in Munich at 11:11 a.m., a third in Berlin at 11:13 a.m. Smaller eclipses follow at sunset in January 2028 and at sunrise in June 2029, and a larger one on 1 June 2030. The Moon's full shadow does not reach German soil again until 2081.

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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: A Deep Eclipse into the Sunset

The total eclipse over Spain reached Germany as a partial one at the very end of the day. It began at about 7:15 p.m. in the north and 7:22 p.m. in the south, and the greatest phase came less than an hour later with the Sun almost on the horizon: 85% covered in Berlin and Hamburg at 8:08 p.m., 88% in Cologne and Frankfurt, 89% in Stuttgart and Munich at 8:15 p.m. Nowhere in the country did the Sun stay up long enough for the eclipse to end. What decided the view was therefore the north-western horizon. In Cologne the Sun was still six degrees high at maximum, in Munich under two, so the west of the country had by far the easier evening.

2 August 2027: Half the Sun in the South, a Third in the North

The 2027 eclipse is total from Gibraltar to the Red Sea, and Germany lies well north of that line, so the coverage falls steadily from south to north. Munich has the most, 50% at 11:11 a.m.; Stuttgart follows with 49%, Frankfurt 45%, Cologne 42%, Leipzig 39%, Berlin 34% and Hamburg 32%. In Berlin the Moon first touches the Sun at 10:17 a.m. and leaves it at 12:11 p.m.; in Munich the eclipse runs from 10:08 a.m. to 12:17 p.m. The Sun stands high in the south-east, 45 to 50 degrees up, so no special horizon is needed, only a clear sky. With half the Sun gone the daylight is still too bright for the change to be felt; a partial eclipse like this one is seen only through a filter.

2028, 2029 and 2030: Three More Partial Eclipses

On 26 January 2028 an annular eclipse ends over Spain at sunset. Germany catches its edge, and only in the west: when the Sun sets in Cologne 24% of it is covered, in Stuttgart 21%, in Frankfurt 19% and in Munich 12%. Berlin sees nothing. On 12 June 2029 the opposite happens, a small eclipse at sunrise in the north, with 10% in Hamburg and 8% in Berlin as the Sun comes up. The best of the three is Saturday 1 June 2030, when an annular eclipse crosses Greece and Turkey. Munich has 62% covered at 7:14 a.m., Berlin 57% at 7:22 a.m. and Hamburg 53%, with the Sun 15 to 20 degrees high in the east.

1999 and 2081: Germany's Total Eclipses

The last total solar eclipse in Germany was on 11 August 1999. The shadow crossed the south from Saarbrücken to the Chiemsee; Stuttgart had 2 minutes 16 seconds of totality, Karlsruhe 2 minutes 11 seconds and Munich 2 minutes 8 seconds, in many places under patchy cloud, while Berlin saw 87% of the Sun covered. The next one is on 3 September 2081, again in the far south: Freiburg has 3 minutes 35 seconds and Konstanz 3 minutes 50 seconds. Twelve years after that, on 23 July 2093, an annular eclipse puts a ring of sunlight over Berlin for 3 minutes 34 seconds. Anyone who would rather not wait until 2081 has a simpler option in 2027: Málaga and Cádiz lie inside the path of totality.

Frequently asked

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

In Berlin from 10:17 a.m. to 12:11 p.m., with the maximum at 11:13 a.m. In Munich the maximum is at 11:11 a.m. and in Cologne at 11:06 a.m., Central European Summer Time.

How much of the Sun is covered in Germany in 2027?

Between a third and a half: 32% in Hamburg, 34% in Berlin, 42% in Cologne, 45% in Frankfurt and 50% in Munich.

When is the next total solar eclipse in Germany?

On 3 September 2081, visible from the far south-west and the Lake Constance region. The last was on 11 August 1999.

Solar eclipses by country