Total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027
On Monday 2 August 2027 the moon’s shadow crosses the Strait of Gibraltar, runs along the North African coast and up the Nile, then over Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the Horn of Africa. Near Luxor, the sun is hidden for 6 minutes 23 seconds: the longest totality anyone on land will see until 2114.
- Greatest eclipse
- 10:07:50 UT, near Luxor
- Longest totality
- 6 min 23 s
- Path width
- up to 258 km
- Total in
- Spain, Morocco, Gibraltar, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia
Where the eclipse is total
Local times, to the second, in each town’s own time zone. The longer totality, the nearer the town is to the centre line: from Cádiz it lasts 2 min 52 s; from Luxor, 6 min 20 s. Each name opens the live map at that town at mid-eclipse.
| Place | Begins | Totality | Lasts | Ends | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cádiz, Spain | 09:40:43 | 10:45:23–10:48:15 CEST | 2 min 52 s | 11:59:32 | 37° E |
| Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | 09:40:54 | 10:46:15–10:47:50 CEST | 1 min 35 s | 11:59:47 | 38° E |
| Tangier, Morocco | 07:40:33 | 08:44:39–08:49:28 WET | 4 min 49 s | 10:00:19 | 38° E |
| Tarifa, Spain | 09:40:50 | 10:45:06–10:49:43 CEST | 4 min 37 s | 12:00:42 | 38° E |
| Tétouan, Morocco | 07:40:46 | 08:45:08–08:49:57 WET | 4 min 49 s | 10:01:07 | 38° E |
| Algeciras, Spain | 09:41:00 | 10:45:25–10:49:50 CEST | 4 min 25 s | 12:00:55 | 38° E |
| Ceuta, Spain | 09:40:58 | 10:45:19–10:50:06 CEST | 4 min 47 s | 12:01:11 | 38° E |
| Gibraltar, Gibraltar | 09:41:05 | 10:45:32–10:49:57 CEST | 4 min 25 s | 12:01:06 | 38° E |
| Marbella, Spain | 09:41:36 | 10:46:47–10:50:03 CEST | 3 min 16 s | 12:01:50 | 39° E |
| Málaga, Spain | 09:42:03 | 10:48:08–10:49:56 CEST | 1 min 48 s | 12:02:33 | 39° E |
| Oran, Algeria | 08:44:25 | 09:51:03–09:56:10 CET | 5 min 07 s | 11:09:21 | 43° E |
| Djerba, Tunisia | 08:56:25 | 10:09:42–10:14:23 CET | 4 min 41 s | 11:32:42 | 57° E |
| Benghazi, Libya | 10:10:41 | 11:27:51–11:34:00 EET | 6 min 09 s | 12:53:14 | 68° SE |
| Qena, Egypt | 11:39:52 | 13:01:35–13:07:44 EEST | 6 min 09 s | 14:25:48 | 81° S |
| Luxor, Egypt | 11:40:13 | 13:02:04–13:08:24 EEST | 6 min 20 s | 14:26:30 | 82° S |
| Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | 12:00:26 | 13:22:20–13:28:18 GMT+3 | 5 min 58 s | 14:43:45 | 76° W |
| Mecca, Saudi Arabia | 12:01:58 | 13:24:04–13:29:09 GMT+3 | 5 min 05 s | 14:44:41 | 76° W |
| Abha, Saudi Arabia | 12:13:08 | 13:34:13–13:40:15 GMT+3 | 6 min 02 s | 14:53:45 | 71° W |
| Sana'a, Yemen | 12:21:52 | 13:44:06–13:46:33 GMT+3 | 2 min 27 s | 15:00:35 | 67° W |
| Bosaso, Somalia | 12:39:39 | 13:58:09–14:02:10 GMT+3 | 4 min 01 s | 15:11:56 | 58° W |
The partial eclipse in other cities
Outside the band the moon covers only part of the sun. Even 90% leaves daylight that is only slightly dimmer, and the sun must never be looked at without eclipse glasses.
| Place | Covered | Begins | Maximum | Ends | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tripoli, Libya | 99.9% | 09:59:40 | 11:16:50 EET | 12:38:25 | 60° SE |
| Aswan, Egypt | 99.8% | 11:42:48 | 13:08:25 EEST | 14:29:48 | 83° SW |
| Algiers, Algeria | 99.8% | 08:48:17 | 09:58:55 CET | 11:15:36 | 47° E |
| Tobruk, Libya | 99.6% | 10:17:37 | 11:38:45 EET | 13:00:32 | 72° SE |
| Granada, Spain | 99.2% | 09:42:55 | 10:50:10 CEST | 12:03:50 | 40° E |
| Rabat, Morocco | 98% | 07:39:03 | 08:45:20 WET | 09:58:37 | 37° E |
| Hurghada, Egypt | 98% | 11:41:02 | 13:05:05 EEST | 14:25:22 | 80° S |
| Seville, Spain | 98% | 09:41:28 | 10:47:30 CEST | 11:59:56 | 38° E |
| Casablanca, Morocco | 97% | 07:38:25 | 08:44:20 WET | 09:57:19 | 36° E |
| Tunis, Tunisia | 97% | 08:56:11 | 10:10:00 CET | 11:28:40 | 55° SE |
| Cairo, Egypt | 94% | 11:33:07 | 12:55:50 EEST | 14:16:11 | 78° S |
| Medina, Saudi Arabia | 94% | 11:57:14 | 13:20:50 GMT+3 | 14:38:31 | 76° SW |
| Alexandria, Egypt | 93% | 11:29:38 | 12:51:40 EEST | 14:11:58 | 76° S |
| Lisbon, Portugal | 92% | 08:40:45 | 09:44:50 WEST | 10:55:01 | 35° E |
| Valencia, Spain | 90% | 09:47:02 | 10:54:50 CEST | 12:08:18 | 43° E |
| Madrid, Spain | 86% | 09:45:26 | 10:51:15 CEST | 12:02:41 | 40° E |
| Porto, Portugal | 82% | 08:43:21 | 09:46:35 WEST | 10:55:23 | 35° E |
| Barcelona, Spain | 81% | 09:50:51 | 10:58:30 CEST | 12:11:13 | 45° E |
| Tel Aviv, Israel | 80% | 11:39:28 | 12:59:35 GMT+3 | 14:16:52 | 75° S |
| Amman, Jordan | 78% | 11:42:03 | 13:01:55 GMT+3 | 14:18:32 | 75° S |
| Athens, Greece | 78% | 11:16:44 | 12:32:50 EEST | 13:49:58 | 66° SE |
| Las Palmas, Spain | 77% | 08:33:16 | 09:34:25 WEST | 10:42:49 | 27° E |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 75% | 12:13:28 | 13:32:20 GMT+3 | 14:44:45 | 67° W |
| Rome, Italy | 74% | 10:02:10 | 11:12:45 CEST | 12:26:46 | 54° SE |
| Istanbul, Türkiye | 59% | 11:27:15 | 12:39:10 GMT+3 | 13:50:50 | 66° S |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 53% | 13:33:36 | 14:43:45 GST | 15:47:57 | 57° W |
| Paris, France | 51% | 10:00:41 | 11:01:10 CEST | 12:04:59 | 43° SE |
| Brussels, Belgium | 43% | 10:05:42 | 11:04:00 CEST | 12:05:01 | 44° SE |
| London, United Kingdom | 41% | 09:03:34 | 10:00:05 BST | 10:59:27 | 40° SE |
| Berlin, Germany | 34% | 10:17:28 | 11:13:50 CEST | 12:11:54 | 48° SE |
Watching it safely
Look at the sun only through eclipse glasses or a solar filter (ISO 12312-2), from the first bite until the last. Only during totality itself, when the last bead of sunlight has gone, is it safe to look with the naked eye. Put the glasses back on as soon as the sun starts to return.
How these times are worked out
From the positions of the sun and moon (Meeus’ lunar theory, with nutation and ΔT), the moon’s disc is placed against the sun’s as seen from each town on the WGS84 ellipsoid, and stepped through the morning until it touches, covers and leaves the sun. The same calculation shades the eclipse on the Sun Map, so the page and the map always agree. It lands within a few seconds of the durations published by NASA and Spain’s Instituto Geográfico Nacional; the moon’s uneven limb can add or take a second or two at the edges of the path.