Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027

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Solar eclipse of August 2, 2027
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma0.1421
Magnitude1.079
Maximum eclipse
Duration383 s (6 min 23 s)
Coordinates25°30′N 33°12′E / 25.5°N 33.2°E / 25.5; 33.2
Max. width of band258 km (160 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse10:07:50
References
Saros136 (38 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9568

A total solar eclipse will occur over much of the central Eastern Hemisphere on Monday, August 2, 2027. 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[edit]

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:[1]

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.[2]

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.[1]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Images[edit]


Animated path

Details of totality in some places or cities[edit]

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

Related eclipses[edit]

Eclipses in 2027[edit]

Solar eclipses 2026–2029[edit]

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.[5]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 2026 February 17

Annular 		−0.97427 126 2026 August 12

Total 		0.89774
131 2027 February 6

Annular 		−0.29515 136 2027 August 2

Total 		0.14209
141 2028 January 26

Annular 		0.39014 146 2028 July 22

Total 		−0.60557
151 2029 January 14

Partial 		1.05532 156 2029 July 11

Partial 		−1.41908

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

Saros 136[edit]

Solar Saros 136, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, contains 71 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on June 14, 1360, and reached a first annular eclipse on September 8, 1504. It was a hybrid event 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, with the entire series lasting 1262 years. The longest eclipse occurred on June 20, 1955, with a maximum duration of totality at 7 minutes, 7.74 seconds. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node.[6]

Series members 29–43 occur between 1865 and 2117
29 30 31

Apr 25, 1865
May 6, 1883
May 18, 1901
32 33 34

May 29, 1919
Jun 8, 1937
Jun 20, 1955
35 36 37

Jun 30, 1973
Jul 11, 1991
Jul 22, 2009
38 39 40

Aug 2, 2027
Aug 12, 2045
Aug 24, 2063
41 42 43

Sep 3, 2081
Sep 14, 2099
Sep 26, 2117

Metonic series[edit]

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.[7]

Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065
May 20–21 March 8–9 December 25–26 October 13–14 August 1–2
98 100 102 104 106
May 21, 1955 March 9, 1959 December 26, 1962 October 14, 1966 August 2, 1970
108 110 112 114 116
May 21, 1974 March 9, 1978 December 26, 1981 October 14, 1985 August 1, 1989
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
158 160 162 164 166

May 20, 2069 		March 8, 2073 December 26, 2076 October 13, 2080 August 1, 2084

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Total Solar Eclipse on August 2, 2027: Path Map and Times". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  2. ^ "Longest Duration of Total Solar Eclipse of 2027 Aug 02". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Map of Solar Eclipse of August 2, 2027" (Map). "Solar Eclipse Maps". NASA. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  4. ^ https://eclipse-spain.es/index.php/en/
  5. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  6. ^ SEsaros136 at NASA.gov
  7. ^ Note S1: Eclipses & Predictions in Freeth, Tony (2014). "Eclipse Prediction on the Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculating Machine Known as the Antikythera Mechanism". PLOS ONE. 9 (7): e103275. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j3275F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103275. PMC 4116162. PMID 25075747.
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