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,^[1] 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. Occurring only about 2.5 hours before perigee (on August 2, 2027, at 7:25 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be larger.^[2]

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:^[3]

• 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 (60 km) southeast of Luxor, and will last 6 minutes and 22 seconds.^[4]

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.^[3]

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.^[5] It will be the second total eclipse in Spain within a year, after August 2026. An annular eclipse will appear in Spain in January 2028. A national eclipse committee has been established to coordinate eclipse-related activities.^[6]

This is the second longest total solar eclipse in the 21st century, the longest being the eclipse prior to this one in Solar Saros 136, that of July 22, 2009. The 2009 eclipse maximum duration of 6 minutes and 39.5 seconds occurred on the Pacific Ocean, and the longest duration on land was on remote, uninhabited North Iwo Jima.^[7] The maximum duration of this eclipse is 6 minutes and 23.2 seconds, occurring in the northeastern part of Egypt's New Valley Governorate. The location of the greatest eclipse is about 250 kilometres (160 mi) southeast 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 one will not occur until June 3, 2114.^[8]

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Solar Eclipse of August 2, 2027

Country or Territory	Place or City	Start of partial eclipse (Local Time)	Start of total eclipse (Local Time)	End of total eclipse (Local Time)	Duration of total eclipse	End of partial eclipse (Local Time)	Magnitude
Morocco	Tangier	08:40:33	09:44:38	09:49:29	4 min 50s	11:00:20	1,072
Spain	Tarifa	09:40:50	10:45:05	10:49:44	4 min 39 s	12:00:42	1,072
Morocco	Tétouan	08:40:47	09:45:10	09:50:01	4 min 51s	11:01:10	1,072
Spain	Cadiz	09:40:42	10:45:18	10:48:21	3 min 03 s	11:59:35	1,072
Spain	Ceuta	09:40:58	10:45:19	10:50:07	4 min 48 s	12:01:11	1,072
Spain	Algeciras	09:41:01	10:45:25	10:49:54	4 min 29 s	12:00:59	1,072
Gibraltar	Gibraltar	09:41:04	10:45:30	10:50:01	4 min 31 s	12:01:07	1,072
Spain	Marbella	09:41:37	10:46:46	10:50:05	3 min 18 s	12:01:50	1,072
Spain	Benalmádena	09:41:55	10:47:26	10:50:19	2 min 53 s	12:02:26	1,072
Spain	Malaga	09:42:04	10:48:07	10:50:00	1 min 53 s	12:02:36	1,072
Spain	Melilla	09:42:22	10:48:12	10:52:44	4 min 33 s	12:05:20	1,073
Morocco	Nador	08:42:22	09:48:13	09:52:44	4 min 31 s	11:05:21	1,073
Spain	Motril	09:42:43	10:49:18	10:50:59	1 min 41 s	12:04:04	1,073
Morocco	Oujda	08:42:56	09:50:55	09:52:27	1 min 32 s	11:07:16	1,073
Algeria	Tlemcen	08:43:30	09:50:56	09:54:07	3 min 11 s	11:08:19	1,073
Algeria	Oran	08:44:26	09:51:03	09:56:11	5 min 08 s	11:09:22	1,073
Algeria	Bou Saâda	08:48:46	09:57:55	10:03:12	5 min 17 s	11:18:30	1,075
Algeria	Blida	08:47:55	09:57:10	10:00:01	2 min 51 s	11:15:21	1,074
Algeria	Batna	08:51:01	10:01:03	10:06:20	5 min 17 s	11:22:09	1,075
Tunisia	Sfax	08:56:23	10:08:46	10:14:26	5 min 40 s	11:31:45	1,076
Tunisia	Kairouan	08:55:43	10:08:49	10:11:33	2 min 44 s	11:29:36	1,076
Libya	Northeast of Tripoli	09:59:46	11:16:28	11:17:23	55 s	12:38:32	1,077
Libya	Al-Khums	10:01:17	11:18:40	11:19:23	43 s	12:40:53	1,077
Libya	Benghasi	10:10:41	11:27:51	11:34:00	6 m 09 s	12:53:15	1,078
Egypt	Siwa Oasis	11:22:11	12:42:33	12:48:03	5 min 30 s	14:08:04	1,079
Egypt	Asyut	11:35:29	12:56:52	13:02:59	6 min 07 s	14:21:28	1,079
Egypt	Sohag	11:37:13	12:58:44	13:05:07	6 min 22 s	14:23:25	1,079
Egypt	Qena	11:39:51	13:01:33	13:07:45	6 min 12 s	14:25:48	1,079
Egypt	Luxor	11:40:12	13:02:02	13:08:23	6 min 21 s	14:26:30	1,079
Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	12:00:22	13:22:16	13:28:16	6 min 00 s	14:43:44	1,079
Saudi Arabia	Mecca	12:01:56	13:24:02	13:29:09	5 min 07 s	14:44:41	1,079
Saudi Arabia	Taif	12:03:32	13:26:02	13:29:55	3 min 53 s	14:45:43	1,079
Saudi Arabia	Abha	12:13:08	13:34:14	13:40:07	6 min 03 s	14:53:46	1,078
Saudi Arabia	Khamis Mushait	12:13:26	13:34:26	13:40:27	6 min 01 s	14:53:51	1,078
Saudi Arabia	Jizan	12:15:13	13:38:18	13:41:14	2 min 56 s	14:56:09	1,078
Yemen	Sana'a	12:21:54	13:44:11	13:46:32	2 min 21 s	15:00:26	1,078
Yemen	Ataq	12:29:00	13:48:10	13:53:57	5 min 47 s	15:04:41	1,077
Somalia	Bosaso	12:39:39	13:58:08	14:02:10	4 min 02 s	15:11:56	1,076
Somalia	Bandar Beyla	12:46:05	14:04:20	14:06:26	2 min 08 s	15:15:55	1,076
British Indian Ocean Territory	Salomon Islands, Peros Banhos and Nelsons Island in Chagos Archipelago	16:37:41	17:40:10	17:43:29	3 min 19 s	18:39:42	1,067

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.^[9]

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

Eclipse season of July–August 2027

July 18 Ascending node (full moon)	August 2 Descending node (new moon)	August 17 Ascending node (full moon)
Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 110	Total solar eclipse Solar Saros 136	Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 148

• 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.^[10]

The partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029 and December 5, 2029 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Ascending node				Descending node
Saros	Map	Gamma		Saros	Map	Gamma
121	February 17, 2026 Annular	−0.97427		126	August 12, 2026 Total	0.89774
131	February 6, 2027 Annular	−0.29515		136	August 2, 2027 Total	0.14209
141	January 26, 2028 Annular	0.39014		146	July 22, 2008 Total	−0.60557
151	January 14, 2029 Partial	1.05532		156	July 11, 2029 Partial	−1.41908

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360. It contains annular eclipses from September 8, 1504 through November 12, 1594; hybrid eclipses from November 22, 1612 through January 17, 1703; and total eclipses from January 27, 1721 through May 13, 2496. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 30, 2622. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 9 at 32 seconds on September 8, 1504, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 34 at 7 minutes, 7.74 seconds on June 20, 1955. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.^[11]

Series members 26–47 occur between 1801 and 2200:
26	27	28
March 24, 1811	April 3, 1829	April 15, 1847
29	30	31
April 25, 1865	May 6, 1883	May 18, 1901
32	33	34
May 29, 1919	June 8, 1937	June 20, 1955
35	36	37
June 30, 1973	July 11, 1991	July 22, 2009
38	39	40
August 2, 2027	August 12, 2045	August 24, 2063
41	42	43
September 3, 2081	September 14, 2099	September 26, 2117
44	45	46
October 7, 2135	October 17, 2153	October 29, 2171
47
November 8, 2189

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069
May 20–21	March 9	December 25–26	October 13–14	August 1–2
118	120	122	124	126
May 21, 1993	March 9, 1997	December 25, 2000	October 14, 2004	August 1, 2008
128	130	132	134	136
May 20, 2012	March 9, 2016	December 26, 2019	October 14, 2023	August 2, 2027
138	140	142	144	146
May 21, 2031	March 9, 2035	December 26, 2038	October 14, 2042	August 2, 2046
148	150	152	154	156
May 20, 2050	March 9, 2054	December 26, 2057	October 13, 2061	August 2, 2065
158
May 20, 2069

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
April 14, 1809 (Saros 116)	March 14, 1820 (Saros 117)	February 12, 1831 (Saros 118)	January 11, 1842 (Saros 119)	December 11, 1852 (Saros 120)
November 11, 1863 (Saros 121)	October 10, 1874 (Saros 122)	September 8, 1885 (Saros 123)	August 9, 1896 (Saros 124)	July 10, 1907 (Saros 125)
June 8, 1918 (Saros 126)	May 9, 1929 (Saros 127)	April 7, 1940 (Saros 128)	March 7, 1951 (Saros 129)	February 5, 1962 (Saros 130)
January 4, 1973 (Saros 131)	December 4, 1983 (Saros 132)	November 3, 1994 (Saros 133)	October 3, 2005 (Saros 134)	September 1, 2016 (Saros 135)
August 2, 2027 (Saros 136)	July 2, 2038 (Saros 137)	May 31, 2049 (Saros 138)	April 30, 2060 (Saros 139)	March 31, 2071 (Saros 140)
February 27, 2082 (Saros 141)	January 27, 2093 (Saros 142)	December 29, 2103 (Saros 143)	November 27, 2114 (Saros 144)	October 26, 2125 (Saros 145)
September 26, 2136 (Saros 146)	August 26, 2147 (Saros 147)	July 25, 2158 (Saros 148)	June 25, 2169 (Saros 149)	May 24, 2180 (Saros 150)
April 23, 2191 (Saros 151)

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
December 20, 1824 (Saros 129)	November 30, 1853 (Saros 130)	November 10, 1882 (Saros 131)
October 22, 1911 (Saros 132)	October 1, 1940 (Saros 133)	September 11, 1969 (Saros 134)
August 22, 1998 (Saros 135)	August 2, 2027 (Saros 136)	July 12, 2056 (Saros 137)
June 22, 2085 (Saros 138)	June 3, 2114 (Saros 139)	May 14, 2143 (Saros 140)
April 23, 2172 (Saros 141)

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