The 2027 eclipse in the Balearics: Formentera reaches 93.2% and Palma 89.3%, more than Madrid

In the Balearic Islands the eclipse of 2 August 2027 will be partial: the Moon will cover between 86.9% of the Sun, in the centre of Menorca, and 93.2% on Formentera. Palma, the capital of Mallorca, reaches 89.3%, more than Madrid (86.1%). Maximum falls between 10:56 on Ibiza and 11:01 on Menorca, Spanish time (CEST, UTC+2), with the Sun high, about 45-48° above the horizon. There is no totality on any island, so the glasses never come off.

Island by island

Times are in mainland Spanish time, which is also the time in the Balearics. “Starts” is the earliest start time on each island and “Ends” the latest end time.

The further south-west you are, the more of the Sun is covered. On Mallorca it ranges from 90.1% in ses Salines, in the south, to 87.8% in Pollença, in the north. On Menorca, from 87.6% in Sant Lluís to 86.9% in Es Mercadal. On Ibiza, every municipality goes above 91%, and Eivissa (Ibiza town), at 92.3%, is the highest.

The end comes late in the east: es Castell, on Menorca, is the last municipality in Spain to see the eclipse end, at 12:15:44.

The five town pages

Everywhere, the eclipse lasts a little over two hours and twenty minutes. The times for each municipality are on its page.

More than Madrid, less than Alicante

Palma, at 89.3%, has more of the Sun covered than Madrid (86.1%) or Barcelona (81.6%), and a little less than Valencia (90.4%). Formentera, at 93.2%, beats Albacete and Badajoz (92.5%) and falls short of Alicante (94.7%). For totality you have to go south, to the coast of Cádiz, Málaga, Granada or Almería, or to Ceuta and Melilla: the Moon’s shadow passes over the Strait of Gibraltar and the Alboran Sea, and the Balearics lie north of its path.

Last summer’s eclipse was the other way round: Palma was inside the path of totality and Cádiz was left out. This time the path runs through the south, and Mallorca gets a partial eclipse.

The Sun high and to the east

At eleven in the morning the Sun will be 45-48° up, towards the east-south-east: in Palma, 46.2°. Any beach, terrace or square with a view of the sky will do, with no need to hunt for a clear horizon. With 90% covered it doesn’t get dark: that only happens with totality.

Glasses on the whole time

In a partial eclipse there isn’t a single moment when it is safe to look without a filter: Formentera’s 93.2% leaves almost 7% of the disc in view, and that is enough to damage the retina. You need glasses with an EN ISO 12312-2 filter from start to finish. On Order your glasses you can ask for ours: cardboard, with the EN ISO 12312-2 certificate, along with the phone filter and packs for groups. We reply with the price and the delivery time.

If you want to see totality, the places are in where to watch in Spain and the way to get there in getting there.

Sources: percentages, times and the Sun’s altitude for the 67 Balearic municipalities and the mainland capitals: eclipseando engine (skyfield + DE440s); Palma’s totality in last summer’s eclipse: the verdict of the IGN — eclipses.ign.es (in Spanish) for that eclipse; legal time: IANA time zone database (tzdata).