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Total Solar Eclipse of August 2, 2027
Visible from southern Spain, North Africa & the Middle East, with totality up to 6m 23s near Luxor, the century’s longest on land. Exact times for your city are in the table below. There's also a free 3D simulation: stand on the path and watch the sky go dark.
What happens, where
The longest totality on land this century: over six minutes of darkness near Luxor, Egypt. The Moon’s shadow crosses the Strait of Gibraltar, runs along the North African coast, then continues over Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Horn of Africa near local midday, with the Sun high in the sky.
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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