Total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027

On Monday, 2 August 2027, the Moon's shadow crosses the Strait of Gibraltar, North Africa and Arabia. Inside a 258-km strip the sky goes dark for up to 6 min 23 s, the longest totality over easily accessible land this century. Below: the path on a map, exact times for 176 cities, and the eclipse in astrology.

Totality over land
08:44–10:58 UT
Morocco → Somalia
Longest totality
6 min 23 s
Egypt, Luxor 6:21
Greatest eclipse
10:06:41 UT
25.493° N, 33.168° E · Sun at 82°
Partial phase
07:30–12:43 UT
Europe, Africa, Asia

The shadow’s route

When totality reaches each country (UT) and its longest duration there. The shadow moves west to east at 2,000 to 6,000 km/h.

  1. 4:48 Spain 08:45 UT · Ceuta
  2. 4:26 Gibraltar 08:45 UT · Gibraltar
  3. 4:53 Morocco 08:44 UT · Mdiq
  4. 5:28 Algeria 08:50 UT · Bir el Ater
  5. 5:39 Tunisia 09:05 UT · Sfax
  6. 6:09 Libya 09:16 UT · Benghazi
  7. 6:23 Egypt 09:55 UT · Girga
  8. 6:11 Saudi Arabia 10:22 UT · Al Līth
  9. 5:55 Yemen 10:38 UT · Sa'dah
  10. 4:04 Somalia 10:58 UT · Bosaso

Path of totality on the map

totality central line city: larger dot, longer totality

The eclipse in your chart

An eclipse at 9°55′ Leo is personal when a planet or an angle of your birth chart is within 3° of that point; otherwise it works through the house it falls in. Here you can see which house it falls in, which planets it touches, how it will look from your city, and where on the world map the eclipse degree sits on your angles.

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Cities in the path: times and duration

Local time; totality start to the second. The list covers cities of 50,000 people or more plus a few places popular with travellers, 176 in all. Near the edge of the path totality is short and sensitive to terrain and the profile of the lunar limb: if your city is close to the edge, driving 10–20 km toward the central line can add a minute or more.

Spain up to 4:48

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Ceuta10:45:22 UTC+24:4838°
Tarifa10:45:09 UTC+24:3838°
Melilla10:48:15 UTC+24:3441°
Algeciras10:45:28 UTC+24:2738°
La Línea de la Concepción10:45:38 UTC+24:2338°
Estepona10:46:21 UTC+23:3739°
Chiclana de la Frontera10:45:16 UTC+23:2838°
Marbella10:46:52 UTC+23:1539°
San Fernando10:45:22 UTC+23:1238°
Fuengirola10:47:13 UTC+23:1039°
Cadiz10:45:26 UTC+22:5437°
Benalmádena10:47:28 UTC+22:5139°
9 more cities
Mijas10:47:23 UTC+22:5039°
Torremolinos10:47:38 UTC+22:4239°
El Puerto de Santa María10:45:44 UTC+22:2738°
Málaga10:48:11 UTC+21:5039°
Motril10:49:22 UTC+21:3940°
Jerez de la Frontera10:46:19 UTC+21:3638°
Roquetas de Mar10:50:33 UTC+21:3341°
El Ejido10:50:24 UTC+21:2141°
Vélez-Málaga10:49:00 UTC+21:0140°

Gibraltar up to 4:26

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Gibraltar10:45:36 UTC+24:2638°

Morocco up to 4:53

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Mdiq08:45:15 UTC+04:5338°
Martil08:45:18 UTC+04:5238°
Tangier08:44:45 UTC+04:5138°
Tétouan08:45:11 UTC+04:5138°
Fnidek08:45:18 UTC+04:5038°
Beni Enzar08:48:17 UTC+04:3041°
Al Hoceïma08:47:02 UTC+04:2640°
Tirhanimîne08:47:01 UTC+04:2440°
Larache08:44:24 UTC+04:1938°
Nador08:48:23 UTC+04:1541°
Ksar El Kebir08:44:56 UTC+03:4338°
Al Aaroui08:48:31 UTC+03:4141°
4 more cities
Berkane08:49:36 UTC+03:1742°
Ouezzane08:45:48 UTC+02:3638°
Souk El Arbaa08:45:44 UTC+01:4138°
Oujda08:51:13 UTC+01:0442°

Algeria up to 5:28

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Bir el Ater10:04:16 UTC+15:2853°
Barika09:59:46 UTC+15:2750°
Aïn Touta10:00:37 UTC+15:2751°
Cheria10:03:39 UTC+15:2753°
Aïn Oussera09:56:03 UTC+15:1947°
Khenchela10:02:42 UTC+15:1952°
Bou Saâda09:58:00 UTC+15:1749°
Tissemsilt09:54:28 UTC+15:1646°
Batna10:01:09 UTC+15:1651°
M'Sila09:58:35 UTC+15:1249°
Relizane09:52:44 UTC+15:1145°
Tébessa10:04:23 UTC+15:1153°
50 more cities
Mohammadia09:52:02 UTC+15:0944°
Oran09:51:06 UTC+15:0843°
En Nedjma09:51:11 UTC+15:0844°
Bir el Djir09:51:13 UTC+15:0844°
Assi Bou Nif09:51:17 UTC+15:0844°
Arzew09:51:35 UTC+15:0644°
Sig09:51:42 UTC+15:0644°
Tiaret09:53:49 UTC+15:0546°
Ksar el Boukhari09:55:58 UTC+15:0347°
Biskra10:00:35 UTC+15:0351°
Mostaganem09:52:11 UTC+15:0244°
Mascara09:52:11 UTC+15:0044°
Oued Rhiou09:53:22 UTC+15:0045°
Ksar Chellala09:55:19 UTC+15:0047°
Sidi Aïssa09:57:32 UTC+14:5848°
Hassi Bahbah09:56:27 UTC+14:5148°
Sougueur09:54:12 UTC+14:4946°
Aïn Temouchent09:50:33 UTC+14:4243°
Aïn Oulmene10:00:04 UTC+14:3650°
Tolga10:00:16 UTC+14:3650°
Chlef09:54:11 UTC+14:3446°
Sidi Bel Abbes09:51:19 UTC+14:3144°
Ech Chettia09:54:07 UTC+14:2945°
Berrouaghia09:56:31 UTC+14:2747°
El Achir09:59:10 UTC+14:1949°
Aïn Beïda10:03:34 UTC+14:1752°
Bordj Bou Arreridj09:59:25 UTC+14:1449°
Aïn Defla09:55:18 UTC+14:1146°
Khemis Miliana09:55:41 UTC+14:0946°
Oum el Bouaghi10:03:12 UTC+14:0552°
Médéa09:56:31 UTC+14:0147°
Aïn M’Lila10:02:34 UTC+13:3551°
Djelfa09:57:30 UTC+13:2748°
El Eulma10:01:15 UTC+13:2750°
Sétif10:00:51 UTC+13:2250°
Saïda09:53:02 UTC+13:1244°
Tlemcen09:51:00 UTC+13:1043°
Mansoûra09:51:01 UTC+13:0443°
Chelghoum el Aïd10:02:11 UTC+13:0351°
Bouïra09:58:44 UTC+13:0048°
Ouled Djellal10:00:35 UTC+12:5950°
Maghnia09:50:34 UTC+12:5642°
Blida09:57:13 UTC+12:5147°
Beni Mered09:57:31 UTC+12:2347°
Ali Mendjeli10:03:26 UTC+11:4851°
Boufarik09:57:53 UTC+11:4747°
Larbaâ09:58:17 UTC+11:4147°
El Khroub10:03:54 UTC+11:1651°
Boghni09:59:48 UTC+11:0048°
Kolea09:58:15 UTC+10:3947°

Tunisia up to 5:39

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Sfax10:08:50 UTC+15:3956°
Feriana10:05:00 UTC+15:3754°
Sakiet ez Zit10:08:51 UTC+15:3656°
Sakiet ed Daier10:08:56 UTC+15:3656°
Kasserine10:05:30 UTC+15:2754°
Gafsa10:05:43 UTC+15:0954°
Houmt Souk10:09:47 UTC+14:4257°
El Mgarsa10:10:06 UTC+14:3557°
Gabès10:08:42 UTC+14:0756°
Zarzis10:11:15 UTC+12:5657°
Mahdia10:10:35 UTC+12:4456°
Kairouan10:08:54 UTC+12:4055°
4 more cities
Djemmal10:10:21 UTC+12:0456°
Moknine10:10:52 UTC+11:3156°
Ksar Hellal10:10:59 UTC+11:1656°
Msaken10:10:52 UTC+10:2156°

Libya up to 6:09

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Benghazi11:27:54 UTC+26:0968°
Al Marj11:29:34 UTC+25:1068°
Tājūrā’11:16:40 UTC+21:0360°
Al Khums11:18:44 UTC+20:3961°

Egypt up to 6:23

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Girga12:59:33 UTC+36:2381°
Al Balyanā12:59:56 UTC+36:2382°
Nag Hammâdi13:00:43 UTC+36:2382°
Juhaynah12:58:13 UTC+36:2281°
Sohag12:58:49 UTC+36:2281°
Al Minshāh12:59:10 UTC+36:2281°
Farshūţ13:00:33 UTC+36:2282°
Akhmīm12:58:55 UTC+36:2181°
Luxor13:02:07 UTC+36:2182°
Qūş13:02:01 UTC+36:2182°
Dishnā13:01:05 UTC+36:2081°
Al Ghanāyim12:57:36 UTC+36:1981°
23 more cities
Ţahţā12:58:07 UTC+36:1981°
Al Marāghah12:58:26 UTC+36:1981°
Armant13:02:05 UTC+36:1582°
Ţimā12:57:48 UTC+36:1481°
Abū Tīj12:57:23 UTC+36:1081°
Al Badārī12:57:40 UTC+36:0981°
Qina13:01:39 UTC+36:0981°
As Sāḩil12:57:26 UTC+36:0781°
Manfalūţ12:56:18 UTC+36:0680°
Assiut12:56:56 UTC+36:0681°
Al Qūşīyah12:55:49 UTC+36:0280°
Abnūb12:56:48 UTC+35:5980°
Dayrūţ12:55:44 UTC+35:5080°
Esna13:02:52 UTC+35:4782°
Dayr Mawās12:55:49 UTC+35:3680°
Edfu13:04:10 UTC+35:3382°
Mallawī12:55:46 UTC+35:2280°
Abū Qurqāş12:55:49 UTC+34:4080°
Minya12:55:41 UTC+34:0880°
Kom Ombo13:06:03 UTC+33:4483°
Darāw13:06:24 UTC+33:0983°
Samālūţ12:55:56 UTC+32:4879°
Al Quşayr13:06:47 UTC+32:1881°

Saudi Arabia up to 6:11

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Al Līth13:26:43 UTC+36:1174°
Bariq13:31:58 UTC+36:0472°
Abha13:34:17 UTC+36:0371°
Khamis Mushait13:34:34 UTC+36:0070°
Jeddah13:22:24 UTC+35:5876°
Najrān13:38:39 UTC+35:2968°
Baljurashi13:29:59 UTC+35:2073°
Sabt Alalayah13:31:18 UTC+35:1072°
Al Bahah13:29:38 UTC+35:0973°
Makkah13:24:09 UTC+35:0476°
Ash Shafā13:25:46 UTC+34:5475°
Şabyā13:37:11 UTC+34:3570°
3 more cities
Abū ‘Arīsh13:37:53 UTC+34:3570°
Ta’if13:26:08 UTC+33:4975°
Jizan13:38:17 UTC+33:0670°

Yemen up to 5:55

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Sa'dah13:38:50 UTC+35:5568°
‘Amrān13:42:57 UTC+32:5967°
Sanaa13:44:13 UTC+32:2667°
Sayyān13:45:09 UTC+31:3667°

Somalia up to 4:04

CityTotality beginsDurationSun altitude
Bosaso13:58:12 UTC+34:0458°
El Dibir14:00:27 UTC+33:2656°

Partial eclipse in major cities

Outside the path the Sun is never fully covered. Coverage is the share of the solar disk's area hidden by the Moon at maximum. Hurghada, Algiers, Tripoli are just outside the path: 99–100% is still a partial eclipse, so travel into the path for totality.

CityCoverageBeginsMaximumEndsSun altitude
Algiers Algeria100 %08:4809:5911:1547°
Tripoli Libya100 %09:5911:1612:3860°
Hurghada Egypt99 %11:4113:0514:2580°
Valletta Malta97 %10:0111:1712:3760°
Casablanca Morocco97 %07:3808:4409:5736°
Tunis Tunisia97 %08:5610:1011:2855°
Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt96 %11:4113:0514:2479°
Cairo Egypt95 %11:3312:5514:1678°
Lisbon Portugal93 %08:4009:4410:5535°
Marrakesh Morocco89 %07:3708:4309:5636°
Madrid Spain86 %09:4510:5112:0240°
Barcelona Spain82 %09:5010:5812:1145°
Tel Aviv Israel80 %11:3912:5914:1675°
Athens Greece78 %11:1612:3213:5066°
Amman Jordan78 %11:4213:0214:1875°
Riyadh Saudi Arabia76 %12:1313:3214:4467°
Rome Italy75 %10:0211:1212:2654°
Nicosia Cyprus73 %11:3512:5214:0873°
Antalya Türkiye71 %11:2912:4614:0170°
Khartoum Sudan71 %10:5712:2213:4283°
Addis Ababa Ethiopia67 %12:2413:4715:0170°
Doha Qatar62 %12:2413:3814:4662°
Istanbul Türkiye59 %11:2712:3913:5066°
Kuwait City Kuwait59 %12:1213:2614:3466°
Dubai UAE54 %13:3314:4415:4857°
Paris France51 %10:0011:0112:0543°
Muscat Oman50 %13:4214:5015:5253°
Vienna Austria47 %10:1411:1712:2253°
London United Kingdom42 %09:0310:0010:5940°
Amsterdam Netherlands38 %10:0911:0512:0343°
Tehran Iran35 %12:4713:5014:5062°
Berlin Germany34 %10:1711:1312:1148°
Mumbai India32 %15:4716:4117:3134°
Nairobi Kenya31 %12:5214:0115:0462°
Warsaw Poland30 %10:2611:2212:1952°
Kyiv Ukraine27 %11:3812:3413:3057°
Moscow Russia9 %12:0012:3913:1852°

Astrology: an eclipse at 9°55′ Leo

At greatest eclipse the Sun and Moon meet at 9°55′ Leo, 1.63° from the Moon's South Node. This is a South Node eclipse: tradition reads it as completion and release rather than a fresh start. Whatever has run its course in the area of life where the eclipse falls in your chart tends to come to a close over the following months.

Leo is the sign of self-expression, creativity, children, love affairs and recognition. The eclipse is personal when it touches a planet or an angle of your chart within about 3°; otherwise it works through the house it falls in.

The sky at greatest eclipse

BodyPositionAspect to the eclipse
Sun9°55′ Leothe eclipse
Moon9°56′ Leothe eclipse
Mercury29°56′ Cancer—
Venus7°16′ Leoconjunction 2.65°
Mars10°42′ Librasextile 0.78°
Jupiter1°30′ Virgo—
Saturn27°50′ Aries—
Uranus9°09′ Geminisextile 0.76°
Neptune6°31′ Aries Rtrine 3.4°
Pluto5°52′ Aquarius Ropposition 4.06°
North Node11°33′ Aquariusopposition 1.63°
Chiron4°39′ Taurus—
Lilith5°46′ Aquariusopposition 4.16°

The tightest aspects are the sextiles from Mars and Uranus (both under 1°), read as an opening for sudden, energetic change. The conjunction with Venus brings the theme to relationships, pleasure and money; the wide opposition from Pluto adds pressure and power struggles.

The eclipse belongs to Saros 136 (member 38 of 71), the family of the longest eclipses of our time: 11 July 1991 (6 min 53 s), 22 July 2009 (6 min 39 s), and next 12 August 2045 (6 min 6 s). A longer totality over easily accessible land will not come until 3 June 2114.

Eclipse lines

In astrocartography the moment of greatest eclipse is drawn like a birth chart: where the eclipse culminated (MC line, 29.9° E, through Istanbul, Cairo, Saint Petersburg, Alexandria), rose and set. Places on these lines are said to feel the eclipse themes for longer than the eclipse itself. Switch on “eclipse lines” on the map above.

How to watch safely

Look at the partial phases only through eclipse glasses certified to ISO 12312-2, or through a solar filter fitted to the front of a telescope, binoculars or camera. Ordinary sunglasses do not protect your eyes. Only during totality, when the Sun is completely covered, is it safe to look without a filter; put the glasses back on as soon as the first bright bead of sunlight appears. Outside the path the Sun is never fully covered, so keep the glasses on the whole time.

In early August the Sahara, Egypt and Arabia can pass 40 °C during the day: plan shade, water and a spot with clear skies. Mediterranean coasts can have morning haze.

Questions and answers

What time is the solar eclipse on 2 August 2027?

The partial phase runs on Earth from 07:30 to 12:43 UT. Totality over land begins at 08:44 UT in northern Morocco and southern Spain and ends around 10:58 UT in Somalia. Greatest eclipse is at 10:06 UT over Egypt. Local times for each city are in the tables on this page.

Where will the eclipse be total?

The path of totality, about 258 km wide, crosses Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia. Large cities inside it include Cádiz, Málaga, Tangier, Oran, Sfax, Benghazi, Luxor, Jeddah and Mecca.

How long does totality last?

Up to 6 min 23 s in the Western Desert of Egypt. Luxor gets about 6 min 20 s, Jeddah about 6 min, Tangier about 4 min 50 s and Cádiz about 3 min. The closer to the central line, the longer it lasts.

Can I see the eclipse from London, Europe or the Middle East?

A partial eclipse is visible from almost all of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. The Moon covers about 42% of the Sun in London, 86% in Madrid, 95% in Cairo and 9% in Moscow. Totality is only visible inside the path.

What does the eclipse mean in astrology?

The Sun and Moon meet at 9°55′ Leo near the South Node, which tradition links with completion and letting go. It is personal when it touches a planet or an angle of your chart within about 3°; otherwise it works through the house it falls in.

When is the next total solar eclipse?

The next total solar eclipse is on 22 July 2028, over Australia and New Zealand.

Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Astrodienst); times in UT with Swiss Ephemeris ΔT, local times from the IANA time zone database including summer time. Path limits are found numerically without terrain or the lunar limb profile, so durations near the edges can differ by a few seconds. Cities: GeoNames. Page updated: 2026-11-15 19:29 UTC.