What drives the eclipse timing?
A Besselian-elements solver projects the Moon's shadow geometry for the selected latitude, longitude and elevation; curated city contacts anchor published local circumstances.
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How this 2026 eclipse simulator works
The experience combines published local contact times with NASA-style Besselian eclipse geometry. It is an educational reconstruction, not a weather forecast or a substitute for professional observation planning.
What is physically modelled?
Contact timing, apparent solar-lunar overlap, obscuration, Sun altitude and the transition between partial and total phases are geometry-driven.
What is illustrative?
Corona structure, atmospheric colour, stars, vegetation, weather and foreground objects are artistic or simplified and should not be interpreted as forecasts.
Sources and limits: NASA-published Besselian elements and Spanish IGN local circumstances where available. This is not a weather forecast. Use ISO 12312-2 compliant protection when viewing the real Sun.