The eclipse of the century, planned to the second.
On August 2, 2027 the Moon covers the Sun for up to 6 minutes 23 seconds. That's the longest on easy-to-reach land until 2114. Find your spot, your exact times and your odds of a clear sky.
Your spot
Tap anywhere on the map, search a place, or use your location. The gold band is where the Sun goes fully dark.
Best places, ranked
Ranked by expected clear totality: how long totality lasts, times the August odds of a clear sky. Tap a place to see it on the map.
Your eclipse day, minute by minute
Times for your spot, in local time.
Country by country
Longest totality we found in each country, from our list of cities and sites, plus current US travel advice. Always check your own government's advice before you book.
| Country | Longest | Where | Local time | Advice |
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When is the 2027 total solar eclipse?
Monday, August 2, 2027. The Moon's shadow touches down in the Atlantic at sunrise, crosses southern Spain and Gibraltar around 10:45 a.m. local time (9:45 a.m. in northern Morocco), then Algeria, Tunisia and Libya, reaches Egypt's Nile Valley around 1 p.m., then Saudi Arabia (Jeddah and Mecca), Yemen and the tip of Somalia, and leaves Earth over the Indian Ocean.
Where is totality longest?
In Egypt's Nile Valley between Sohag and Luxor: 6m 23s at the point of greatest duration, about 6m 21s in Luxor itself. Away from Egypt it's still long: about 6m 09s at Benghazi, 5m 54s at Jeddah, 5m 39s at Sfax and about 4½ minutes at Tarifa and Gibraltar.
Can I see it from Cairo, Madrid, Seville or Riyadh?
Not totality. Cairo gets about 95% of the Sun covered, Seville 98%, Madrid 86% and Riyadh 76%. Even 99% isn't totality: the sky doesn't go dark and you can't see the corona. From Seville, totality is about 75 km south. From Cairo, the nearest totality is about 180 km south-west, and the long six-minute totality is in the Nile Valley around Sohag and Luxor.
Do I need eclipse glasses?
Yes. Look at the Sun only through certified ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses or a proper solar filter during all the partial phases. Take them off only during totality, when the Sun is completely covered, and put them back on as soon as the bright edge returns.
What's the weather usually like in early August?
It's the dry season along most of the path. Egypt's Nile Valley and the Libyan desert are among the clearest places on Earth, with August cloud cover under 10%. The coasts of Spain, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia average around 20–30%. The mountains of south-west Saudi Arabia and Yemen often get afternoon clouds. Expect heat: around 40°C in the Nile Valley.
How accurate are these times?
We compute them from NASA's Besselian elements for this eclipse, using the latest Earth-rotation data (IERS, October 2026), and check them against NASA's own path table to within 0.1 second. The Moon's mountains and valleys can shift contact times by a second or two, and more within a couple of kilometres of the path's edge, so stay well inside the band.