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Total Solar Eclipse of August 2, 2027
Totality crosses southern Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East. It lasts up to 6 minutes 23 seconds near Luxor. Check the city table or open the event in 3D.
What happens, where
Totality lasts more than six minutes near Luxor, Egypt. The Moon’s shadow crosses the Strait of Gibraltar, follows the North African coast, and continues over Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Horn of Africa near local midday.
Local times, city by city
Computed from real ephemerides for each city (all times local). 10 of these cities are inside the path of totality.
| City | What you'll see | Partial begins | Totality | Maximum | Ends | Sun alt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxor, Egypt | Total · 6m 25s | 11:40 | 13:01–13:08 | 13:05 | 14:26 | 82° |
| Benghazi, Libya | Total · 6m 13s | 10:10 | 11:27–11:33 | 11:30 | 12:53 | 68° |
| Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | Total · 6m 03s | 12:00 | 13:22–13:28 | 13:25 | 14:43 | 76° |
| Oran, Algeria | Total · 5m 11s | 08:44 | 09:50–09:56 | 09:53 | 11:09 | 43° |
| Mecca, Saudi Arabia | Total · 5m 11s | 12:02 | 13:24–13:29 | 13:26 | 14:44 | 75° |
| Tangier, Morocco | Total · 4m 54s | 08:40 | 09:44–09:49 | 09:46 | 11:00 | 38° |
| Gibraltar | Total · 4m 29s | 09:41 | 10:45–10:49 | 10:47 | 12:00 | 38° |
| Cádiz, Spain | Total · 2m 54s | 09:40 | 10:45–10:48 | 10:46 | 11:59 | 37° |
| Sanaa, Yemen | Total · 2m 34s | 12:21 | 13:43–13:46 | 13:45 | 15:00 | 67° |
| Málaga, Spain | Total · 1m 50s | 09:42 | 10:48–10:49 | 10:48 | 12:02 | 39° |
| Algiers, Algeria | Partial · 100% | 08:48 | – | 09:58 | 11:15 | 47° |
| Casablanca, Morocco | Partial · 97% | 08:38 | – | 09:44 | 10:57 | 36° |
| Tunis, Tunisia | Partial · 97% | 08:56 | – | 10:09 | 11:28 | 55° |
| Cairo, Egypt | Partial · 95% | 11:33 | – | 12:55 | 14:16 | 78° |
| Lisbon, Portugal | Partial · 92% | 08:40 | – | 09:44 | 10:54 | 35° |
| Madrid, Spain | Partial · 86% | 09:45 | – | 10:51 | 12:02 | 40° |
| Jerusalem | Partial · 81% | 11:40 | – | 13:00 | 14:17 | 76° |
| Athens, Greece | Partial · 78% | 11:16 | – | 12:32 | 13:49 | 66° |
| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Partial · 76% | 12:13 | – | 13:32 | 14:44 | 67° |
| Rome, Italy | Partial · 74% | 10:02 | – | 11:12 | 12:26 | 54° |
| Khartoum, Sudan | Partial · 71% | 10:57 | – | 12:22 | 13:42 | 83° |
| Mogadishu, Somalia | Partial · 63% | 12:52 | – | 14:09 | 15:18 | 56° |
| Istanbul, Türkiye | Partial · 59% | 11:27 | – | 12:39 | 13:50 | 66° |
| Nairobi, Kenya | Partial · 31% | 12:52 | – | 14:01 | 15:04 | 62° |
Cities at the path edge (“Edge of totality”) are genuinely borderline; shadow-edge predictions differ by a few kilometres between models. If you're near the edge, travel toward the centre of the path.
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