The eclipse over Switzerland
Up to 92 per cent of the Sun covered, but the maximum catches it 3 degrees above the horizon: across half of Switzerland the mountains hide it first.
92%
20:19
12.08.2026
- 12.08.2026
- This eclipse has been and gone. The map and the figures stay up as a record.
Never look at the Sun without eclipse glasses. Even 92 per cent covered, the Sun burns your retina in seconds. Only ISO 12312-2 glasses.
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Maximum visible from that point
- Gornergrat3089 m · Gornergratbahn92%
- Rochers-de-Naye1983 m · train a cremaillere92%
- Le Moleson1954 m · funiculaire et telepherique92%
- Monte Generoso1639 m · trenino a cremagliera91%
Never look at the Sun without eclipse glasses
Even 92 per cent covered, the Sun burns your retina in seconds, painlessly. You need glasses certified to ISO 12312-2: sunglasses, smoked glass and photographic filters are not enough, and never through binoculars or a camera without a front filter.
How this was computed
Sun and Moon positions from the JPL DE440s ephemeris (Skyfield), obscuration as the geometric overlap of the two apparent discs. The local horizon is ray-traced over a 75 metre elevation model out to 80 km towards west-northwest, including Earth curvature and refraction, with the observer 1.7 m above ground. Check: for Bern the model gives 91.5 per cent at 20:19, against a published 91.3 per cent at 20:18. Very sharp summits come out slightly lower than reality, so mountain figures are if anything conservative.
The same mountain that hides your Sun, in 3D on your desk
This map comes out of the same elevation model we print our 3D reliefs from. Pick any place in Switzerland and we turn it into your made-to-order printed relief.
Sun and Moon positions from the JPL DE440s ephemeris, horizon ray-traced over the swisstopo elevation model. Not an official document.