Total Solar Eclipse Aug. 2, 2027: Totality Times by City in Spain and Egypt

The total solar eclipse of Monday, Aug. 2, 2027 reaches its greatest point at 10:06:37.7 Universal Time (UT) near 25°30.3’N, 33°11.0’E in Egypt, with 6 min 22.6 s of central totality, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). That is 6:06 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). The table below turns the official local times for Spain and Egypt into UT and ET. For the dates of all five 2027 eclipses, see our overview of the 2027 eclipses.

The eclipse is not visible from the U.S. Spain sees totality in the morning and Egypt around midday, local time.

Totality times by city in Spain and Egypt

Spain’s times come from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), in Spanish peninsular official time, which is Central European Summer Time (CEST), two hours ahead of UT in August. The IGN’s 12:06 for Egypt’s maximum matches NASA’s 10:06 UT, which confirms that offset. Egypt’s times come from the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), in Egypt summer time, Eastern European Summer Time (EEST), three hours ahead of UT. ET in August is four hours behind UT. We did the UT and ET conversions.

City	Country	Totality (local)	UT	ET	Duration	Source
Cádiz	Spain	10:45 CEST	08:45	4:45 a.m.	2 min 54 s	IGN
Málaga	Spain	10:48 CEST	08:48	4:48 a.m.	1 min 48 s	IGN
Ceuta	Spain	10:45 to 10:50 CEST	08:45 to 08:50	4:45 to 4:50 a.m.	4 min 48 s	IGN
Melilla	Spain	10:48 CEST	08:48	4:48 a.m.	4 min 34 s	IGN
Luxor	Egypt	13:02:14 to 13:08:36 EEST (mid 13:05:26)	10:02:14 to 10:08:36	6:02:14 to 6:08:36 a.m.	6 min 20 s	NRIAG

The IGN gives one time per city for Cádiz, Málaga and Melilla and a start and end for Ceuta. NRIAG gives start, middle and end for Luxor, plus a partial eclipse that begins at about 11:40 and ends at about 14:30 Egypt summer time. The NRIAG page also cites 6 min 22.6 s for the greatest eclipse itself, which matches NASA.

Where in Spain is the eclipse total?

Totality covers Ceuta and Melilla, almost all of Cádiz province, part of Málaga and the southernmost parts of Granada and Almería, per the IGN. The rest of Spain sees a partial eclipse. Seville and Madrid are not in totality. Spain’s Ministry of Science site says the band of totality crosses the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea.

The Government of Gibraltar said on Jan. 16, 2026 that the territory will see a total (100%) solar eclipse on the morning of Aug. 2, 2027. It published no times. Spain also had a total eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, which is now past.

How long does totality last in Egypt?

NASA’s path table gives 6 min 22.6 s at the instant of greatest eclipse (10:06 UT). Its map page says the greatest duration is 6 min 23.2 s, at 10:00:21 UT near 26°49’N, 31°08’E. NRIAG lists durations along the Nile.

Site in Egypt	Totality
Nag Hammadi	6 min 23 s
Sohag	6 min 22 s
Luxor	6 min 20 s
Qena	6 min 10 s
Esna	5 min 45 s
Edfu	5 min 30 s
Kom Ombo	3 min 38 s
Quseir	2 min 28 s

Source: NRIAG. NRIAG says it will publish exact times for each observing site. For comparison, the IGN lists 2 min 54 s for Cádiz and 4 min 48 s for Ceuta, the longest of its four Spanish places.

What about Saudi Arabia, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen and Morocco?

We found no official city times for these countries, and they are not given here. Official times have not yet been published.

How do you watch the partial phases safely?

NASA’s eclipse safety page, updated Mar. 20, 2026, says safe solar viewers are thousands of times darker and ought to comply with the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 12312-2 international standard. It states that eclipse glasses are not regular sunglasses. NASA says to view the Sun through eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer during the partial phases before and after totality.

Eclipse viewing card to print

The printable card lists Cádiz, Málaga, Ceuta, Melilla and Luxor in local time and ET, with the two safety lines. Pair it with the August printable calendar or the printable yearly calendar to mark Monday, Aug. 2, 2027. Other 2027 sky dates are in our Quadrantid meteor shower story and the 2027 moon phases.