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eclipseando · Total solar eclipse · 2 August 2027
The total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 in Egypt
Egypt gets the longest totality of this eclipse. In Luxor the Sun will be completely covered for 6 min 23 s, from 13:02 to 13:08 Egypt time. This eclipse has the second-longest totality of the 21st century, after 22 July 2009, and the longest of the century over inhabited land.
The path of totality crosses the country from west to east, from the Western Desert to the Red Sea. 1,210 of Egypt’s 5,769 places see it, in Sohag Governorate, Minya Governorate, Asyut Governorate, Qena Governorate, Aswan Governorate, Red Sea Governorate, Luxor Governorate, Matruh Governorate, Giza Governorate, New Valley Governorate. Everywhere else the eclipse is partial: 94.7% in Cairo and 93.3% in Alexandria.
It happens around midday, in August, with the Sun almost overhead (82° high in Luxor). Read the heat warning before you plan anything.
- 1,210 places with totality
- 6 min 25 s longest totality (As Sal‘a)
- 12:39–13:19 totality crosses Egypt
- UTC+3 local time on eclipse day
More on the eclipse in Egypt
The 27 governorates
Each governorate with all its places, village by village and neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
- Cairo Governorate
- Alexandria Governorate
- Port Said Governorate
- Suez Governorate
- Damietta Governorate
- Dakahlia Governorate
- Sharqia Governorate
- Qalyubia Governorate
- Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate
- Gharbia Governorate
- Monufia Governorate
- Beheira Governorate
- Ismailia Governorate
- Giza Governorate
- Beni Suweif Governorate
- Faiyum Governorate
- Minya Governorate
- Asyut Governorate
- Sohag Governorate
- Qena Governorate
- Aswan Governorate
- Luxor Governorate
- Red Sea Governorate
- New Valley Governorate
- Matruh Governorate
- North Sinai Governorate
- South Sinai Governorate
Places: UN administrative boundaries (OCHA COD-AB for Egypt, produced by CAPMAS, CC BY-IGO) and GeoNames (geonames.org, CC BY 4.0). Times and durations: our own calculation with JPL’s DE440s ephemeris, in Egypt time (UTC+3, summer time on 2 August 2027).