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eclipseando · Total solar eclipse · 2 August 2027

The 2 August 2027 eclipse in Tafraouten

Tafraouten is outside the path of totality. The Moon will cover 85.6% of the Sun at 08:41, Morocco time (GMT).

Eclipse begins07:36:58
Maximum08:41:58
Eclipse ends09:54:27
Share of the Sun covered85.6%
Magnitude0.873
Sun’s altitude at maximum34°

Morocco time (GMT, UTC+0).

Rural commune in Taroudant province, Souss-Massa region.

Calculated at the point GeoNames gives the commune (30.7280, -8.9018): no public source publishes the boundaries of Morocco’s communes.

Morning, near the sea: check the weather and the clouds

Nearest totality

What time is the eclipse in Tafraouten?

It begins at 07:36, peaks at 08:41 and ends at 09:54, Morocco time (GMT), on Monday 2 August 2027. In the UK it is one hour later, in Spain two.

Will it be total in Tafraouten?

No, it is partial: the Moon covers 85.6% of the Sun. Nearest totality of at least 4 minutes: Laouamra (4 min), 550 km away.

How do I watch it safely?

With eclipse glasses that meet ISO 12312-2 during every partial phase. Only during totality, when the Sun is completely covered, can you take them off.

More places in Taroudant province

Places: UN administrative boundaries (OCHA COD-AB for Morocco, produced by the HCP, CC BY-IGO), communes and cities from GeoNames (geonames.org, CC BY 4.0) and names from Wikidata (CC0). Times and durations: our own calculation with JPL’s DE440s ephemeris, in Morocco time (GMT, UTC+0, all year round, with no clock changes).