What to expect as we approach next Wednesday’s total solar eclipse. We wrote a recent guide to the upcoming total solar eclipse featuring totality across Greenland, Iceland, the North Atlantic and Spain on August 12th. The track and footprint for the August 12th total solar eclipse. Whatever rotates into view over the next few days will still be visible during the August 12th total solar eclipse. 2024 saw just such an event, hours before the show time for the eclipse:Sungrazing comet seen during the 2024 total solar eclipse.