Day will briefly turn into night across a swathe of northern Spain on Wednesday, when the Moon will completely cover the Sun during a rare total solar eclipse. Here is what you need to know about the total eclipse, which is the first visible in mainland Europe since 2006. But the experience will not be similar to witnessing a total eclipse. On August 2, 2027, a total solar eclipse will cross southern Spain, northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Following a total solar eclipse in the United States in 2024, the rate of people googling "my eyes hurt" surged, research has shown.