Total solar eclipse in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 2, 2027: exact times and how long totality lasts
Total eclipse: the Sun is completely covered for 5 min 11 s.
The Sun is 75° above the horizon, toward the west, at mid-eclipse.
in 285 days 17 h
Local timeline
- Partial phase begins (first bite out of the Sun)12:02 PM
- Totality begins: take your glasses off only now1:24 PM
- Greatest eclipse1:26 PM
- Totality ends: glasses back on1:29 PM
- Eclipse ends2:44 PM
August 2, 2027 · Times in local time (GMT+3).
How to watch
- Never look at the Sun directly, even when it is mostly covered: use certified eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector.
- Ordinary sunglasses are not safe.
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- Tarifa, Spain100% · 4 min 41 s
- Jerez de la Frontera, Spain100% · 1 min 37 s
- Algeciras, Spain100% · 4 min 28 s
- Málaga, Spain100% · 1 min 50 s
- Marbella, Spain100% · 3 min 18 s
- Seville, Spain98.3%
- Granada, Spain99.2%
- Almería, Spain100.0%
- Madrid, Spain86.2%
- Barcelona, Spain81.6%
- Gibraltar100% · 4 min 29 s
- Lisbon, Portugal92.4%
- Faro, Portugal99.2%
- Tangier, Morocco100% · 4 min 54 s
- Tétouan, Morocco100% · 4 min 55 s
- Chefchaouen, Morocco100% · 4 min 20 s
- Rabat, Morocco98.6%
- Casablanca, Morocco97.1%
- Fes, Morocco98.4%
- Oran, Algeria100% · 5 min 11 s
- Algiers, Algeria99.8%
- Tunis, Tunisia97.0%
- Sfax, Tunisia100% · 5 min 43 s
- Djerba, Tunisia100% · 4 min 33 s
- Tripoli, Libya100% · 41 s
- Benghazi, Libya100% · 6 min 13 s
- Luxor, Egypt100% · 6 min 25 s
- Aswan, Egypt99.8%
- Hurghada, Egypt98.5%
- Marsa Alam, Egypt100% · 5 min 33 s
- Cairo, Egypt94.8%
- Alexandria, Egypt93.3%
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia100% · 6 min 3 s
- Medina, Saudi Arabia94.4%
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia75.8%
- Sanaa, Yemen100% · 2 min 34 s
- Valletta, Malta97.2%
- Rome, Italy74.4%
- Athens, Greece78.2%
- Istanbul, Türkiye59.3%
- Paris, France51.2%
- London, UK41.8%
- Dubai, UAE53.2%
Calculated with Astronomy Engine (MIT license).