2027’s total solar eclipseMonday 2 August 2027
The total solar eclipse of Monday 2 August 2027 is greatest at 10:07 UTC, with the Sun and the Moon together at 9°55′ Leo. NASA puts totality at up to 6 minutes 23 seconds on a path over Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia, and Wikipedia records the name it already goes by, the Eclipse of the Century.
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The eclipse at a glance
| Date | Monday 2 August 2027 |
|---|---|
| Greatest eclipse | 10:07 UTC (NASA: 10:07:49 TD) |
| New Moon | 10:05 UTC at 9°54′ Leo |
| Type (NASA) | Total solar eclipse |
| Sign and degree | 9°55′ Leo |
| Longest totality | 6 minutes 23 seconds |
| Magnitude | 1.079 |
| Saros series | 136, member 38 of 71 |
| Path of totality | Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia |
| Seen from | Africa, Europe, the Middle East and western and southern Asia |
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Where the total eclipse can be seen
Wikipedia traces the track: “Totality will commence over the eastern Atlantic Ocean and travel across the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, and continue across parts of North Africa and the Middle East.”
The longest totality, by the same account: “The maximum duration of totality will be observed in Egypt, approximately 60 km (37 miles) southeast of Luxor, and will last 6 minutes and 22 seconds.”
Beyond the central path the Sun is only partly covered. In Wikipedia’s words, “A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the extreme east tip of Maine, United States, far eastern Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces in Canada, southern Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, nearly the entirety of the European continent, all but the southern quarter of Africa, the Middle East, and from South and Southeast Asia.”
Looking at the Sun without proper protection can injure the eyes at every partial phase. Use eclipse glasses made for the purpose or a pinhole projector; only during totality itself, inside the path, is the uncovered sight of the eclipse safe, and never during an annular eclipse, when a ring of the Sun stays bright.
The eclipse in the sky of 2027
The eclipse belongs to the New Moon of 2 August, exact at 10:05 UTC at 9°54′ Leo, 2 minutes before the greatest eclipse, and it falls at the Moon’s descending node.
A solar eclipse in Leo is an eclipse of the Sun in its own sign, and the tradition reads it as the heart of the chart briefly covered: pride, creative work, leadership and the wish to be seen all come up for review.
Because it falls at the south node, the point modern astrologers read as where a story is completing, the August eclipse is read as a release, the end of a chapter of self-display that has run its course, before a quieter one begins.
In the old books an eclipse was an omen for kings; modern astrologers read it more modestly, as a season of change in the house it falls in.
What the eclipse means for each sign
Counted by whole signs from each Sun sign, the eclipse in Leo falls in a different house for each of the twelve.
- Aries: your 5th house, the house of romance, creativity and children
- Taurus: your 4th house, the house of home, family and roots
- Gemini: your 3rd house, the house of words, siblings and short journeys
- Cancer: your 2nd house, the house of money, possessions and values
- Leo: your 1st house, the house of the self and the body
- Virgo: your 12th house, the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life
- Libra: your 11th house, the house of friends, hopes and community
- Scorpio: your 10th house, the house of career and reputation
- Sagittarius: your 9th house, the house of faith, travel and higher learning
- Capricorn: your 8th house, the house of shared money, intimacy and deep change
- Aquarius: your 7th house, the house of partners and agreements
- Pisces: your 6th house, the house of daily work, habits and health routines
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What time is the total solar eclipse on 2 August 2027?
The greatest eclipse comes at 10:07 UTC by the Almanac’s ephemeris; NASA gives 10:07:49 in dynamical time, which runs about a minute ahead of UTC. Local times along the August path depend on where you watch from.
How long does the total eclipse last?
Up to 6 minutes 23 seconds of totality at the point of greatest duration, by NASA’s table, and less toward the edges of the path. The partial phases on either side of totality last far longer.
What sign is the August 2027 solar eclipse in?
Leo: the eclipse is at 9°55′ Leo by the Almanac’s ephemeris. Each sign’s page reads the August eclipse in the house it falls in, counted by whole signs.
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