eclipse2026.pt

Eclipse 2026 is a national science outreach initiative in Portugal centred on the solar eclipse of 12 August 2026. The site publishes educational resources, including podcast episodes, videos, a tutorial for building a pinhole box, a didactic quiz and an information leaflet, and reports on the sessions, planetarium shows, talks and observation activities held across the country.

The initiative is coordinated by the national commissioner, Pedro Mota Machado, of the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa and the Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço. It is organised together with other national institutions and has media partners. Its audience is the general public and schools.

The site also points to a further solar eclipse on 2 August 2027, with the Sun obscured between 80% in the north of Portugal and 99% in the Algarve, and to an annular eclipse on 26 January 2028, visible in Alentejo, Algarve and Madeira.

Product: Educational and public science outreach resources and events about the 2026 solar eclipse in Portugal.