The 2 August 2027 total solar eclipse: when and where
Greatest eclipse is at (10:06 UTC), about 60 km east of Luxor, Egypt. There totality lasts 6 minutes 27 seconds with the Sun 82° above the horizon, inside a track about 260 km wide.
What does your city see?
None of the 22 US cities in the search list sees any part of this eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse it is 6:06 AM in New York.
- Greatest eclipse, your time
- Longest totality
- 6 min 27 s
- Width of the track
- About 260 km
- Greatest eclipse at
- 25.5° N, 33.2° E
- Sun's height there
- 82° above the horizon
- Where on Earth
- In Egypt, east of Luxor
2 August 2027 timeline
Contact stages at the point of greatest eclipse
Times are shown in your local time zone. At the point of maximum totality (near Luxor, Egypt), the total phase lasts 6 minutes 27 seconds.
Visibility
Cities seeing the 2 August 2027 eclipse
Local clock times of greatest eclipse and totality durations or obscuration percentages.
| City or region | Local time of greatest eclipse | How much is covered |
|---|---|---|
| Cádiz Spain (in path) | 100% totality (2 min 53 s) | |
| Tangier Morocco (in path) | 100% totality (4 min 54 s) | |
| Tarifa Spain (in path) | 100% totality (4 min 41 s) | |
| Gibraltar Gibraltar (in path) | 100% totality (4 min 29 s) | |
| Málaga Spain (in path) | 100% totality (1 min 51 s) | |
| Oran Algeria (in path) | 100% totality (5 min 11 s) | |
| Sfax Tunisia (in path) | 100% totality (5 min 43 s) | |
| Tripoli Libya (in path) | 100% totality (47 s) | |
| Benghazi Libya (in path) | 100% totality (6 min 13 s) | |
| Luxor Egypt (in path) | 100% totality (6 min 25 s) | |
| Jeddah Saudi Arabia (in path) | 100% totality (6 min 2 s) | |
| Mecca Saudi Arabia (in path) | 100% totality (5 min 11 s) | |
| Sanaa Yemen (in path) | 100% totality (2 min 34 s) | |
| Bosaso Somalia (in path) | 100% totality (4 min 7 s) | |
| Aswan Egypt (near path) | 99.8% (partial) | |
| Algiers Algeria (near path) | 99.8% (partial) | |
| Hurghada Egypt (near path) | 99% (partial) | |
| Seville Spain (near path) | 98% (partial) | |
| Casablanca Morocco (near path) | 97% (partial) | |
| Tunis Tunisia (near path) | 97% (partial) | |
| Cairo Egypt (near path) | 95% (partial) | |
| Lisbon Portugal (near path) | 92% (partial) |
Totality track
Cities in the path of totality
Each place below is inside the track, so the Sun is completely covered for the time shown. Times are the local clock at that place. The places listed here lie in Spain, Morocco, Gibraltar, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia, in the order the Moon's shadow reaches them. Totality is longest at Luxor, Egypt (6 min 25 s) and gets shorter toward the edges of the track: Tripoli has 47 s.
| Place | Eclipse starts | Totality begins | Greatest eclipse | Eclipse ends | Totality lasts | Sun at greatest eclipse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cádiz Spain · UTC+2 | 9:40 AM | 10:45:18 AM | 10:46 AM | 11:59 AM | 2 min 53 s | 37° above the horizon |
| Tangier Morocco · UTC+0 | 7:40 AM | 8:44:34 AM | 8:47 AM | 10:00 AM | 4 min 54 s | 38° above the horizon |
| Tarifa Spain · UTC+2 | 9:40 AM | 10:44:59 AM | 10:47 AM | 12:00 PM | 4 min 41 s | 38° above the horizon |
| Gibraltar Gibraltar · UTC+2 | 9:41 AM | 10:45:26 AM | 10:47 AM | 12:00 PM | 4 min 29 s | 38° above the horizon |
| Málaga Spain · UTC+2 | 9:42 AM | 10:48:02 AM | 10:48 AM | 12:02 PM | 1 min 51 s | 39° above the horizon |
| Oran Algeria · UTC+1 | 8:44 AM | 9:50:55 AM | 9:53 AM | 11:09 AM | 5 min 11 s | 43° above the horizon |
| Sfax Tunisia · UTC+1 | 8:56 AM | 10:08:38 AM | 10:11 AM | 11:31 AM | 5 min 43 s | 56° above the horizon |
| Tripoli Libya · UTC+2 | 9:59 AM | 11:16:19 AM | 11:16 AM | 12:38 PM | 47 s | 60° above the horizon |
| Benghazi Libya · UTC+2 | 10:10 AM | 11:27:41 AM | 11:30 AM | 12:53 PM | 6 min 13 s | 68° above the horizon |
| Luxor Egypt · UTC+3 | 11:40 AM | 1:01:55 PM | 1:05 PM | 2:26 PM | 6 min 25 s | 82° above the horizon |
| Jeddah Saudi Arabia · UTC+3 | 12:00 PM | 1:22:11 PM | 1:25 PM | 2:43 PM | 6 min 2 s | 76° above the horizon |
| Mecca Saudi Arabia · UTC+3 | 12:02 PM | 1:24:03 PM | 1:26 PM | 2:44 PM | 5 min 11 s | 75° above the horizon |
| Sanaa Yemen · UTC+3 | 12:21 PM | 1:43:55 PM | 1:45 PM | 3:00 PM | 2 min 34 s | 67° above the horizon |
| Bosaso Somalia · UTC+3 | 12:39 PM | 1:58:01 PM | 2:00 PM | 3:11 PM | 4 min 7 s | 58° above the horizon |
Partial coverage
Just outside the path
These places miss totality, so the Sun never disappears, even where the Moon covers 99.8% of it (Aswan).
| Place | Sun covered | Eclipse starts | Greatest eclipse | Eclipse ends | Sun at greatest eclipse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aswan Egypt · UTC+3 | 99.8% | 11:42 AM | 1:08 PM | 2:29 PM | 83° above the horizon |
| Algiers Algeria · UTC+1 | 99.8% | 8:48 AM | 9:58 AM | 11:15 AM | 47° above the horizon |
| Hurghada Egypt · UTC+3 | 99% | 11:40 AM | 1:04 PM | 2:25 PM | 80° above the horizon |
| Seville Spain · UTC+2 | 98% | 9:41 AM | 10:47 AM | 11:59 AM | 38° above the horizon |
| Casablanca Morocco · UTC+0 | 97% | 7:38 AM | 8:44 AM | 9:57 AM | 36° above the horizon |
| Tunis Tunisia · UTC+1 | 97% | 8:56 AM | 10:09 AM | 11:28 AM | 55° above the horizon |
| Cairo Egypt · UTC+3 | 95% | 11:33 AM | 12:55 PM | 2:16 PM | 78° above the horizon |
| Lisbon Portugal · UTC+1 | 92% | 8:40 AM | 9:44 AM | 10:54 AM | 35° above the horizon |
| Madrid Spain · UTC+2 | 86% | 9:45 AM | 10:51 AM | 12:02 PM | 40° above the horizon |
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6 minutes 23 seconds
Why the 2027 eclipse has such exceptionally long totality
Totality on 2 August 2027 will last up to 6 minutes and 23 seconds, making it the second-longest solar eclipse of the 21st century. Only the 22 July 2009 eclipse was longer (6 minutes 39 seconds).
Two celestial conditions align to create this extreme duration: the Moon is near perigee (its closest point to Earth), making its apparent diameter significantly larger than the Sun’s, and the shadow passes through the tropics at midday, where Earth’s rotation moves in the same direction as the Moon’s shadow at its highest speed.
The eclipse belongs to Saros 136, famous for producing the longest total solar eclipses in modern history.
- Maximum totality
- 6 min 23 s (east of Luxor)
- Umbral track width
- About 260 km wide
- Sun elevation at peak
- 82° above the horizon
- Moon distance
- Near perigee (close to Earth)
- Saros family
- Saros 136 (series of record totalities)
Shadow path
Where the umbral track crosses
The path of totality begins in the Atlantic Ocean, enters southern Spain near Cádiz, sweeps across the Strait of Gibraltar into northern Morocco and Algeria, and runs straight through Tunisia and northern Libya.
It crosses the Nile Valley directly over the ancient temples and tombs of Luxor, Egypt, where the skies are statistically among the clearest on Earth in August, offering virtually cloud-free viewing conditions.
The shadow continues across the Red Sea into Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia before lifting into space over the Indian Ocean.
| Country | Key locations | Totality |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | Cádiz, Tarifa, Algeciras | 2 to 4 min |
| Morocco | Tangier, Tétouan | 4 min 48 s |
| Algeria | Oran, Sidi Bel Abbès | 5 min 08 s |
| Tunisia | Sfax, Kerkennah Islands | 5 min 45 s |
| Libya | Benghazi | 6 min 08 s |
| Egypt | Luxor, Asyut, Sohag | 6 min 23 s |
| Saudi Arabia | Jeddah, Mecca | 5 min 48 s |
| Yemen | Sana'a | 4 min 30 s |
| Somalia | Bosaso | 2 min 50 s |
The 2027 calendar
Other solar and lunar eclipses in 2027
The year 2027 features five eclipses: two solar and three lunar. Six months before totality, on , an annular solar eclipse crosses the South Pacific, southern Chile, Argentina, and the South Atlantic. The annular ring lasts up to 7 min 45 s.
All three lunar eclipses in 2027 are penumbral (2027-02-20, 2027-07-18, 2027-08-17), meaning the Moon passes only through the faint outer fringe of Earth’s shadow without entering the dark umbra: see lunar eclipses in 2027.
- 6 February 2027
- Annular solar eclipse (South Atlantic)
- 20 February 2027
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
- 18 July 2027
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
- 2 August 2027
- Total solar eclipse (Luxor)
- 17 August 2027
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
Questions people ask
Quick answers
When is the 2027 total solar eclipse?
2 August 2027, greatest eclipse near 10:06 UTC.
Where is it total?
Along a narrow track across southern Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia. Check the cities table.
Can I see it from the US?
No. At the moment of greatest eclipse it is early morning in New York, and no US city sees any of it.
How long does totality last?
Up to 6 minutes 27 seconds at the longest point, near Luxor, Egypt.
Do I need eye protection?
Yes, solar viewers rated ISO 12312-2 for every minute except totality.