Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Monday, August 2, 2027 with a magnitude of 1.079. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun's, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across Earth's surface, with the partial solar eclipse visible over a surrounding region thousands of kilometres wide.

Path
Totality will commence over the eastern Atlantic Ocean and travel across the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, and continue across parts of North Africa and the Middle East. Major cities and locations under the path of totality will include:


 * Cadiz and Malaga, in southern Spain
 * Gibraltar
 * Tangier, Morocco
 * Oran, Algeria
 * Sfax, Tunisia
 * Benghazi, Libya
 * Luxor in central Egypt
 * Jeddah and Mecca in southwest Saudi Arabia
 * Sana'a in western Yemen
 * The tip of the Horn of Africa in extreme northeast Somalia
 * Islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory

The maximum duration of totality will be observed in Egypt, approximately 37 miles southeast of Luxor, and will last 6 minutes and 22 seconds.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the extreme east tip of Maine, United States, far eastern Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces in Canada, southern Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, nearly the entirety of the European continent, all but the southern quarter of Africa, the Middle East, and from South and Southeast Asia.

It will be the first of three total solar eclipses that are observable in Tunisia in the 21st century, passing over the central part of the country. It will be the second total eclipse in Spain within less than a year (after August 2026). Furthermore, an annular eclipse will appear in Spain in January 2028, less than half a year afterwards. National eclipse committee has been established to coordinate eclipse-related activities.

Duration
This is the second longest total solar eclipse in the 21st century, the longest being the total solar eclipse of July 22, 2009, the eclipse previous to this one in Solar Saros 136. However, the longest duration of the 2009 eclipse was 6 minutes and 39.5 seconds on the Pacific Ocean, and the longest duration on land was 6 minutes and 35 seconds on uninhabited North Iwo Jima, a remote Japanese island far from the main islands of Japan, located 1170 km south of Tokyo. Thus, the duration seen by most observers was shorter than that. The longest duration of this eclipse is 6 minutes and 23.2 seconds, occurring in the northeastern part of Egypt's New Valley Governorate, near its border with Asyut Governorate and Sohag Governorate. The location of the greatest eclipse is about 250 km southeast of it in Red Sea Governorate, with a slightly shorter duration. This is the longest total solar eclipse on easily accessible land in the 21st century. A longer total solar eclipse will not occur until June 3, 2114.

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Animated path

Eclipses in 2027

 * An annular solar eclipse on February 6.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 20.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 18.
 * A total solar eclipse on August 2.
 * A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 17.

Metonic

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2023
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 2031

Tzolkinex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2020
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 12, 2034

Half-Saros

 * Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of July 27, 2018
 * Followed by: Lunar eclipse of August 7, 2036

Tritos

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 1, 2016
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 2, 2038

Solar Saros 136

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 2009
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2045

Inex

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 22, 1998
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 12, 2056

Triad

 * Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 1, 1940
 * Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 3, 2114