On Monday 2 August 2027 the moon’s shadow travels up the Atlantic, crosses the far south of the Iberian peninsula and the Strait of Gibraltar, and continues along North Africa to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Indian Ocean. The shaded area on the map is the path of totality, the only zone where the sun is completely covered. The green line is the centre line, where totality lasts longest.
Zoom in and click the markers to open the guide for each location, with local timings and exact durations.
How to read the map
- Shaded band: the path of totality. Inside it the sun is completely hidden and the corona appears. Outside it, even by a kilometre, there is only a partial eclipse.
- Green line: the centre line, where totality reaches its maximum duration.
- Green dot: the moment of greatest eclipse, near Luxor, with 6 minutes 22 seconds of totality.
- Orange and grey markers: locations with their own guide. Grey means that place sees only a partial eclipse.
Key facts about the 2027 eclipse
- The shadow touches the Earth at 08:26 UTC in the Atlantic and leaves at 11:48 UTC in the Indian Ocean.
- Over southern Spain totality falls between 10:45 and 10:53 in the morning, Spanish mainland time, with the sun high: 37 to 42 degrees above the horizon.
- The path is about 238 km wide at the Strait and reaches 260 km over Egypt.
- The centre line passes out at sea, roughly 20 km south of Ceuta. That is why Ceuta, Tarifa and Algeciras get the longest durations in Spanish territory.
- Greatest eclipse is at 10:06:41 UTC over Egypt, at 25.50 degrees north and 33.17 degrees east, with 6 minutes 22 seconds of totality. No total eclipse will last that long over land again until 2114.
- The northern limit crosses Andalusia at around latitude 36.8 degrees. Málaga is inside it by a small margin. Almería city, Granada and Seville are outside.
The path, place by place
| Place | Eclipse | Duration / coverage | Maximum | Sun altitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cádiz | Total | 2 min 54 s | 10:46 | 37° |
| Tarifa | Total | 4 min 38 s | 10:47 | 38° |
| Gibraltar | Total | 4 min 27 s | 10:47 | 38° |
| Málaga | Total | 1 min 50 s | 10:49 | 39° |
| Ceuta | Total | 4 min 48 s | 10:47 | 38° |
| Melilla | Total | 4 min 34 s | 10:50 | 41° |
| Tangier | Total | 4 min 50 s | 09:47 | 38° |
| Oran | Total | 5 min 08 s | 09:53 | 43° |
| Sfax | Total | 5 min 39 s | 10:11 | 56° |
| Benghazi | Total | 6 min 09 s | 11:30 | 68° |
| Luxor | Total | 6 min 20 s | 13:05 | 82° |
| Marsa Alam | Total | 5 min 27 s | 13:10 | 81° |
Local time of each country. Computed from JPL DE440s ephemerides.
What if I end up just outside the path?
A 99% partial eclipse and a total eclipse are not the same event at all. For as long as any thread of the sun’s bright surface is showing, the sky stays daylight blue and the corona never appears. The difference between being inside or outside the path can be twenty minutes in the car, so it is worth checking your exact location on the map before you book anything.