The historic total solar eclipse of this Wednesday, August 12, will not be an isolated event. Spain will once again become one of the great global stages for observing eclipses in 2027 and 2028, completing an exceptional succession of three solar phenomena in just a year and a half.
The date in 2026 opens the so-called Trio of Eclipses 2026-2027-2028, a sequence that will allow two total eclipses and one annular eclipse to be observed from Spanish territory.
August 2, 2027: another total solar eclipse
The next major event will arrive on August 2, 2027, less than a year after the eclipse this Wednesday.
Spain will once again be within the path of a total solar eclipse, although this time the strip from which totality can be observed will shift southward.
The phenomenon will be especially visible from areas in the south of the Peninsula, as well as Ceuta and Melilla, and will be marked by a duration of totality longer than that recorded on August 12, 2026.
It will therefore be the next opportunity to see how the Moon completely covers the solar disk and allows the Sun's corona to be observed for a few minutes.
January 26, 2028: an annular eclipse
The third event will arrive just six months later. On January 26, 2028, Spain will be able to observe an annular solar eclipse.
Unlike a total eclipse, in this case, the Moon will not completely cover the Sun. This happens because the satellite appears smaller in the sky, so a luminous circle known popularly as "ring of fire" remains visible around it.
The phenomenon will cross a large part of the Peninsula and will occur late in the afternoon, very close to sunset, a factor that will condition the points from which it can be observed under the best conditions.
Three eclipses in less than a year and a half
The exceptionality lies precisely in the temporal concentration. Between August 12, 2026, and January 26, 2028, Spain will have experienced three major solar eclipses:
- August 12, 2026: total solar eclipse.
- August 2, 2027: total solar eclipse.
- January 26, 2028: annular solar eclipse.
The eclipse this Wednesday has therefore been the beginning and not the end of an exceptional stage for astronomical observation in Spain.
The images of the Moon's shadow crossing the country in 2026 will remain as the first chapter of a sequence that will still have two other major events before the end of January 2028.