Solar eclipse · 2 August 2027
Total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027: path, cities and totality times
On Monday 2 August 2027 the Moon's shadow crosses southern Spain, North Africa and Arabia. Inside a narrow path the Sun is completely covered for up to 6m 23s — one of the longest totalities of the century. Everywhere else it is a partial eclipse.
- Date
- Monday
- Max totality
- 6m 23s
- near Asyut, Egypt
- Peak time
- 10:06 UTC
- greatest eclipse
Eye safety: use certified ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses for every partial phase. Naked eye only during totality, inside the path.Safety rules ↓
Is your spot in the path?
- Totality
Southern Spain and Gibraltar, northern Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen — places like Cádiz, Málaga, Tangier, Oran, Sfax, Benghazi, Luxor, Jeddah and Sana'a. See the table ↓
- Partial only
The rest of Europe, Africa and western Asia — including Madrid, Lisbon, Seville, Rome, Paris, London, Cairo and Casablanca. It never gets dark, and eclipse glasses stay on the whole time.
Check an exact location
Computed in your browser from NASA's published path limits; your location is not sent anywhere. For contact times at any town, use NASA's interactive map.
Totality times at 12 places on the path
| Location | Totalityduration | Maximum eclipselocal time | Sun altitudeat maximum |
|---|---|---|---|
| CádizSpain | Max eclipseUTC+2 | Sun altitude37° | |
| TangierMorocco | Max eclipseUTC+0 | Sun altitude38° | |
| GibraltarGibraltar (UK) | Max eclipseUTC+2 | Sun altitude38° | |
| MálagaSpain Near edge | Max eclipseUTC+2 | Sun altitude39° | |
| OranAlgeria | Max eclipseUTC+1 | Sun altitude43° | |
| SfaxTunisia | Max eclipseUTC+1 | Sun altitude56° | |
| BenghaziLibya | Max eclipseUTC+2 | Sun altitude68° | |
| SiwaEgypt | Max eclipseUTC+3 | Sun altitude76° | |
| AsyutEgypt | Max eclipseUTC+3 | Sun altitude81° | |
| LuxorEgypt Longest in table | Max eclipseUTC+3 | Sun altitude82° | |
| JeddahSaudi Arabia | Max eclipseUTC+3 | Sun altitude76° | |
| Sana'aYemen Near edge | Max eclipseUTC+3 | Sun altitude67° |
What the numbers mean
Each row is computed for the city-centre coordinates in the data file, not the whole city. Totality is longest on the centre line and shrinks towards either edge of the path, and falls to zero within a few kilometres of it — rows tagged Near edge are within 15 km of the limit. Local time is the clock time on the day: Morocco moved to UTC+0 all year from 20 September 2026, and Egypt is on summer time (UTC+3).
Method
Computed with Skyfield and the JPL DE440s ephemeris. Before any number is published the same code is checked against NASA's published path table (Espenak, NASA GSFC): 102 points on the centre line and 207 on the path limits. The largest differences are 0.3 s in totality length, 1.2 s in time of maximum and about 0.7 km in the position of the path edge. The Moon's limb profile is not modelled and ΔT (Earth's rotation) is a prediction, so contact times can differ by a few seconds from other published tables.
Download the data (JSON) — all five contact times, Sun azimuth and magnitude for every place, plus the path limits. Licence CC BY 4.0, attribution to Stellarhound.
Cities outside the path of totality
Close is not the same as in the path. Seville, 98% covered, still gets no totality. Distances are straight-line from the city centre to the nearest edge of the path; rows tagged Near edge are within 15 km of it, so the outskirts on the path side can differ from the centre.
| Location | Sun coveredat maximum | Maximum eclipselocal time | Distance to pathstraight line |
|---|---|---|---|
| TripoliLibya Near edge | Sun covered> 99.9% | Max eclipseUTC+2 | To the path≈ 2 km |
| AlgiersAlgeria Near edge | Sun covered99.9% | Max eclipseUTC+1 | To the path≈ 13 km |
| AswanEgypt Near edge | Sun covered99.9% | Max eclipseUTC+3 | To the path≈ 14 km |
| SevilleSpain | Sun covered98.4% | Max eclipseUTC+2 | To the path≈ 70 km |
| TunisTunisia | Sun covered97.2% | Max eclipseUTC+1 | To the path≈ 108 km |
| CasablancaMorocco | Sun covered97.1% | Max eclipseUTC+0 | To the path≈ 109 km |
| AdenYemen | Sun covered96.2% | Max eclipseUTC+3 | To the path≈ 141 km |
| CairoEgypt | Sun covered94.8% | Max eclipseUTC+3 | To the path≈ 173 km |
| MedinaSaudi Arabia | Sun covered94.5% | Max eclipseUTC+3 | To the path≈ 184 km |
| AlexandriaEgypt | Sun covered93.4% | Max eclipseUTC+3 | To the path≈ 212 km |
| LisbonPortugal | Sun covered92.6% | Max eclipseUTC+1 | To the path≈ 235 km |
| MadridSpain | Sun covered86.4% | Max eclipseUTC+2 | To the path≈ 399 km |
| BarcelonaSpain | Sun covered81.7% | Max eclipseUTC+2 | To the path≈ 519 km |
| AthensGreece | Sun covered78.3% | Max eclipseUTC+3 | To the path≈ 599 km |
| RomeItaly | Sun covered74.6% | Max eclipseUTC+2 | To the path≈ 700 km |
| ParisFrance | Sun covered51.3% | Max eclipseUTC+2 | To the path≈ 1,343 km |
| LondonUnited Kingdom | Sun covered41.9% | Max eclipseUTC+1 | To the path≈ 1,627 km |
Eye safety — not optional
Partial phases · and everywhere outside the path
Wear certified ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses or use a proper solar filter the whole time. Ordinary sunglasses, a phone screen, exposed film or a CD are not protection.
Totality · inside the path only
Only while the Sun is 100% covered is it safe to look with the naked eye. The instant the first bright edge of the Sun returns, put the glasses back on. Outside the path there is no totality — keep the glasses on.
Cameras, binoculars and telescopes need a certified solar filter fitted over the front of the lens — glasses worn behind them do not help. Source: NASA — eye safety during solar eclipses.
What the weather is usually like in early August
We do not forecast the eclipse itself, and no honest long-range forecast exists for a single afternoon months ahead. What exists is climatology — how often skies were clear on 2 August in past years. The most thorough public analysis is by Jay Anderson (Eclipsophile), who writes that cloud cover for this eclipse is among the lowest he has analysed in 45 years.
- Libya and Egypt are the safest bets: cloud is almost unknown in the summer months there, and Siwa Oasis is singled out as having almost no prospect of cloud. At Luxor the main concern is thin cirrus, which mostly affects images of the faint outer corona.
- Spain and Morocco: inland Spanish sites are described as excellent. The Alboran Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar are cloudier than any other part of the western track, and the Mediterranean coast of Morocco is called a dicey place to wait.
- Algeria and Tunisia: morning cloudiness is very subdued; the region around Sfax has the lowest average cloud amount in the western part of the track.
- Saudi Arabia: average cloudiness rises sharply from the Egyptian Red Sea coast to Jeddah, and the Tihamah plain has by far the highest aerosol (dust) load along the track.
Anderson adds that dust is a threat in most areas but only an occasional serious problem. This is climatology, not a forecast: it cannot tell you the weather on the day, and the outcome can differ between two places only a few hours' drive apart.
Dark skies either side of the eclipse
A solar eclipse can only happen at New Moon, so the nights either side of 2 August 2027 are the darkest of the month — a bonus for anyone who builds a trip around the eclipse. The main forecast tool scores those nights for any place; it forecasts nights, not the eclipse afternoon.
Total solar eclipse 2027: quick answers
When and where is the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027?
On Monday 2 August 2027, with the greatest eclipse at about 10:06 UTC in Egypt (NASA). The path of totality crosses the North Atlantic, the southern tip of Spain and Gibraltar, northern Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. In Spain and Gibraltar totality starts 10:45–10:48 local time (UTC+2); in Asyut, Luxor and Jeddah it starts 12:57–13:22 local time (UTC+3).
Where is the totality longest?
The longest totality anywhere is 6m 23s (NASA), on the track in Egypt's Nile valley, about 41 km from Asyut. Among the places in our table the longest is Luxor, Egypt, at 6m 20s; Benghazi has 6m 09s, Jeddah 5m 55s and Sfax 5m 39s. Totality is shorter towards the edges of the path.
How long is totality in Spain and Gibraltar?
Computed for the city-centre coordinates: Gibraltar 4m 27s, Cádiz 2m 53s and Málaga 1m 51s — Málaga sits only about 9 km inside the northern edge of the path, so its figure is the most sensitive to small errors. The Sun is 37–39° above the horizon at maximum.
Which European cities see only a partial eclipse?
Every European city outside the narrow Spanish strip. At the maximum the Sun is about 98% covered in Seville, 93% covered in Lisbon, 86% covered in Madrid, 82% covered in Barcelona, 78% covered in Athens, 75% covered in Rome, 51% covered in Paris and 42% in London. Even 98% is a partial eclipse: it never gets dark and the glasses stay on the whole time.
What is the weather usually like along the path in early August?
Eclipse-weather specialist Jay Anderson writes that cloud cover for this eclipse is among the lowest he has analysed in 45 years, and that dust is a threat in most areas but only an occasional serious problem. Libya and Egypt are almost cloud-free in summer; the Alboran Sea and the Strait of Gibraltar are the cloudiest part of the western track; and cloudiness rises towards the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. This is climatology from past years, not a forecast for the day.
How do I watch the 2027 eclipse safely?
Use certified ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses or a proper solar filter for every partial phase — and for the whole eclipse anywhere outside the path. You may look with the naked eye only while the Sun is 100% covered, inside the path of totality, and must put the glasses back on the instant the first bright edge of the Sun returns. Cameras, binoculars and telescopes need a certified filter over the front of the lens.
Date, path and global figures (greatest eclipse 10:06 UTC, longest totality 6m 23s): NASA GSFC — total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 (also EclipseWise). Per-place values: computed by Stellarhound with Skyfield and JPL DE440s, validated against NASA's path table. Weather climatology: Eclipsophile (Jay Anderson). Eye safety: NASA. Local-time rules: IANA time-zone database 2026c.