Where totality falls
Spain and Gibraltar. The path of totality touches Europe only at its southern tip, in the morning with the Sun in the east. Cádiz gets 2 min 53 s of totality from 10:45:18 local time (08:45 UTC) with the Sun 37° up. Tarifa, nearer the centre line, gets 4 min 41 s and Gibraltar 4 min 29 s. Málaga lies close to the northern edge and gets 1 min 51 s. Seville is outside the path: the Moon covers 98.3% of the Sun there, and totality starts about 70 km due south of the city.
Morocco and Algeria. Across the strait, Tangier gets 4 min 54 s from 08:44:35 local time (Morocco keeps GMT all year since September 2026) and Tetouan 4 min 55 s. Oran, in western Algeria, gets 5 min 11 s. Algiers just misses: 99.8% of the Sun is covered, and the edge of totality passes about 13 km south of the city.
Tunisia and Libya. Sfax, on Tunisia's east coast, gets 5 min 43 s from 10:08:38 local time. Benghazi in Libya gets 6 min 13 s from 11:27:41, with the Sun 68° up.
Egypt. Here the eclipse is at its longest and the Sun is almost overhead. In Luxor totality runs from 13:01:54 to 13:08:19 local time (10:01:54–10:08:19 UTC), 6 min 25 s, with the Sun 82° up. On the centre line through central Egypt totality lasts about 6 min 27 s, the longest anywhere on this eclipse. The greatest eclipse, when the shadow's axis passes closest to the centre of the Earth, comes at 10:06:35 UTC about 60 km east-south-east of Luxor.
Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia. The shadow crosses the Red Sea to Jeddah, which gets 6 min 2 s from 13:22:11 local time; Mecca gets 5 min 10 s and Abha 6 min 8 s. Sanaa, in Yemen, gets 2 min 34 s, and Bosaso, on the north coast of Somalia, 4 min 7 s from 13:58:01. Then the shadow heads out over the Indian Ocean.
Key places at a glance
Worked out for each city centre. Times are local clock time in that city; your own place is in the box at the top of the page.
| City | What you see | Totality or greatest (local time) | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seville Spain | Partial, 98.3% | greatest 10:47 | 38° |
| Cádiz Spain | Total, 2 min 53 s | 10:45:18 – 10:48:11 | 37° |
| Tarifa Spain | Total, 4 min 41 s | 10:44:59 – 10:49:41 | 38° |
| Málaga Spain | Total, 1 min 51 s | 10:48:02 – 10:49:53 | 39° |
| Gibraltar Gibraltar | Total, 4 min 29 s | 10:45:26 – 10:49:55 | 38° |
| Tangier Morocco | Total, 4 min 54 s | 8:44:35 – 8:49:28 | 38° |
| Tetouan Morocco | Total, 4 min 55 s | 8:45:00 – 8:49:55 | 38° |
| Oran Algeria | Total, 5 min 11 s | 9:50:55 – 9:56:07 | 43° |
| Algiers Algeria | Partial, 99.8% | greatest 9:58 | 47° |
| Sfax Tunisia | Total, 5 min 43 s | 10:08:38 – 10:14:21 | 56° |
| Benghazi Libya | Total, 6 min 13 s | 11:27:41 – 11:33:54 | 68° |
| Cairo Egypt | Partial, 94.8% | greatest 12:55 | 78° |
| Luxor Egypt | Total, 6 min 25 s | 13:01:54 – 13:08:19 | 82° |
| Hurghada Egypt | Partial, 98.5% | greatest 13:04 | 80° |
| Aswan Egypt | Partial, 99.8% | greatest 13:08 | 83° |
| Jeddah Saudi Arabia | Total, 6 min 2 s | 13:22:11 – 13:28:14 | 76° |
| Mecca Saudi Arabia | Total, 5 min 10 s | 13:23:56 – 13:29:06 | 76° |
| Abha Saudi Arabia | Total, 6 min 8 s | 13:34:05 – 13:40:13 | 71° |
| Sanaa Yemen | Total, 2 min 34 s | 13:43:55 – 13:46:29 | 67° |
| Bosaso Somalia | Total, 4 min 7 s | 13:58:01 – 14:02:08 | 58° |
“Sun” is its height above the horizon at the greatest eclipse.
Near misses: Hurghada, Aswan and Cairo
Resort pages sometimes promise totality in Hurghada. It is not in the path: by our calculation the Moon covers 98.5% of the Sun there at 13:04:58 local time, and totality begins about 80 km due south of the town. Aswan is even closer, about 15 km beyond the southern edge, with 99.8% covered. Cairo sees 94.8%.
A 98% or 99% partial eclipse is a fine sight through eclipse glasses, but it is not totality. The last sliver of the Sun is still far too bright to look at, the sky stays far brighter than during totality and the corona never appears. If you can travel, it is worth going into the path, and not just to its edge: near the edge totality is short, and small differences between eclipse calculations matter most there.
What you will see in the path
The partial phase lasts more than an hour before totality and more than an hour after it. The light slowly turns flat and metallic, and shadows of leaves become small crescents. In the last seconds the Sun shrinks to a single bright point, the “diamond ring”, then the corona, the Sun's pearly outer atmosphere, spreads around the black disc of the Moon.
During totality the sky is dark enough for the brightest planets and stars. Seen from Luxor at mid-totality, Venus is only about 3° from the Sun, Mercury about 10° away and Jupiter about 22° away; Sirius, the brightest star, is 37° above the horizon. The Moon's shadow covers the land around you, so the horizon glows like a sunset in every direction.
See it before it happens
How these numbers were worked out
The times, durations and percentages on this page are calculated with Astronomy Engine, which models the shadow of a smooth, round Moon. Real totality is shaped a little by mountains and valleys on the Moon's edge, so published tables from other sources can differ by a few seconds, and near the edges of the path by more. The box at the top of the page and the table are recalculated in your browser when the page opens; the partial phase in each city lasts from first to last contact, as listed in the box for your own place.
Local times use each country's current time-zone rules for August 2027. If a country changes its clocks before then, the UTC times stay the same.