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Press: the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027
On 2 August 2027 a total solar eclipse crosses southern Spain, Gibraltar and North Africa. Our free calculator gives the exact times and length of totality for any town. The figures below come from the same calculation. You may quote them with a credit to Smart Telescope Atlas.
Key figures
| Place | Totality | Totality starts (local time) |
|---|---|---|
| Luxor | 6 min 25 s | 13:01 |
| Ceuta | 4 min 51 s | 10:45 |
| Tarifa | 4 min 41 s | 10:44 |
| Algeciras | 4 min 30 s | 10:45 |
| Gibraltar | 4 min 29 s | 10:45 |
| Tangier | 4 min 54 s | 09:44 |
| Marbella | 3 min 18 s | 10:46 |
| Cádiz | 2 min 53 s | 10:45 |
| Málaga | 1 min 51 s | 10:48 |
| Jerez de la Frontera | 1 min 40 s | 10:46 |
Just outside the path: these cities see a deep partial eclipse but no totality. A drive of about an hour south brings totality.
| Almería | partial, 99.9% covered | 10:51 |
| Granada | partial, 99.1% covered | 10:50 |
| Sevilla | partial, 98.2% covered | 10:47 |
| Córdoba | partial, 96.5% covered | 10:48 |
| Lisboa | partial, 92.4% covered | 09:44 |
| Madrid | partial, 86.2% covered | 10:51 |
| Barcelona | partial, 81.5% covered | 10:58 |
| Paris | partial, 51.1% covered | 11:01 |
| London | partial, 41.7% covered | 10:00 |
| Amsterdam | partial, 37.7% covered | 11:05 |
Story angles
- How long does totality last in your town? The calculator answers it for every place, down to the second.
- Near misses: Sevilla and Granada see more than 98% of the Sun covered, yet stay in daylight. Totality starts about an hour’s drive south.
- The longest totality of the century on land: more than six minutes near Luxor in Egypt.
- Eye safety: only certified eclipse glasses or solar filters during every partial phase; only totality is safe to watch directly.
- Photographing it with a phone-controlled smart telescope: which ones fit the Sun and its corona in one frame.
Embed the calculator
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- Eclipse 2027 page with map, times and safety tips
- All solar and lunar eclipses until 2030 (Eclipses 2027–2030)
Using our figures
Quote the figures with the credit "Source: Smart Telescope Atlas (smarttelescopeatlas.com)". Please embed or link the map rather than taking screenshots: the satellite imagery is licensed by Esri. Times are calculated with Astronomy Engine; differences of a few seconds with other sources are normal. How we calculate