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2 August 2027 Total Solar Eclipse

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What the Eclipse Will Look Like near the Maximum Point

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Where to See the Eclipse

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Path of the Eclipse Shadow

Regions seeing, at least, a partial eclipse: Europe, South/West Asia, Africa, East in North America, Atlantic, Indian Ocean.

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Eclipse Shadow Path

Portion of Sun covered by the Moon (Eclipse obscuration)

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When the Eclipse Happens Worldwide — Timeline

The eclipse starts at one location and ends at another. The times below are actual times (in UTC) when the eclipse occurs. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 69.8 seconds.

Eclipse Stages WorldwideUTC TimeLocal Time in Hong Kong*
First location to see the partial eclipse begin2 Aug, 07:30:112 Aug, 15:30:11
First location to see the full eclipse begin2 Aug, 08:23:292 Aug, 16:23:29
Maximum Eclipse2 Aug, 10:06:402 Aug, 18:06:40
Last location to see the full eclipse end2 Aug, 11:49:542 Aug, 19:49:54
Last location to see the partial eclipse end2 Aug, 12:43:102 Aug, 20:43:10

* These local times do not refer to a specific location but indicate the beginning, peak, and end of the eclipse on a global scale, each line referring to a different location. This eclipse isn't visible in Hong Kong.

Upcoming eclipses visible in Hong Kong

Next Total Solar Eclipse will be on 22 Jul 2028

Eclipse calculations usually accurate to a few seconds

Countries Where the Eclipse Is Visible

CountryTypeStartEndTotality Duration
Algeria
Total Solar Eclipse
08:37 WEST12:42 EET20m, 51s
British Indian Ocean Territory
Total Solar Eclipse
16:37 IOT18:40 IOT3m, 28s
Egypt
Total Solar Eclipse
10:19 EET14:39 EEST43m, 27s
Gibraltar
Total Solar Eclipse
09:41 CEST12:01 CEST4m, 32s
Libya
Total Solar Eclipse
08:54 CET13:19 CAT30m, 16s
Morocco
Total Solar Eclipse
08:33 WEST11:09 WEST9m, 4s
Saudi Arabia
Total Solar Eclipse
11:41 EEST15:00 AST23m, 28s
Somalia
Total Solar Eclipse
12:27 EAT15:19 EAT9m, 36s
Spain
Total Solar Eclipse
08:32 WEST12:15 CEST8m, 26s
Sudan
Total Solar Eclipse
10:29 EET13:52 CAT6m, 8s
Tunisia
Total Solar Eclipse
08:52 CET11:35 CET11m, 6s
Yemen
Total Solar Eclipse
12:16 AST15:13 AST19m, 39s
Afghanistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:11 IRST16:37 PKT---
Albania
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:10 CEST12:41 CEST---
Andorra
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:51 CEST12:09 CEST---
Armenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:57 AMT14:39 IRST---
Austria
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:04 CEST12:24 CEST---
Azerbaijan
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:00 AMT14:42 IRST---
Bahrain
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:20 AST14:45 AST---
Bangladesh
Partial Solar Eclipse
16:45 BST17:44 BST---
Belarus
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:28 CEST13:28 EEST---
Belgium
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:04 CEST12:08 CEST---
Benin
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:12 WAT11:06 WAT---
Bhutan
Partial Solar Eclipse
16:50 BTT16:54 IST---
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:09 CEST12:34 CEST---
Brazil
Partial Solar Eclipse
05:12 BRT05:38 BRT---
Bulgaria
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:16 CEST13:47 EEST---
Burkina Faso
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:59 GMT10:03 GMT---
Burundi
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:52 CAT14:45 EAT---
Cabo Verde
Partial Solar Eclipse
06:34 CVT08:22 CVT---
Cambodia
Partial Solar Eclipse
17:54 ICT18:37 ICT---
Cameroon
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:29 WAT11:52 WAT---
Canada
Partial Solar Eclipse
05:36 NDT06:51 NDT---
Central African Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:50 WAT12:36 WAT---
Chad
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:09 WAT13:21 CAT---
China
Partial Solar Eclipse
15:20 TJT18:01 MMT---
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
17:23 CCT17:55 CCT---
Comoros
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:29 EAT15:18 EAT---
Congo
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:15 WAT11:57 WAT---
Congo Democratic Republic
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:09 WAT13:48 CAT---
Cote d'Ivoire
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:03 GMT09:39 GMT---
Croatia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:06 CEST12:34 CEST---
Cyprus
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:33 EEST14:09 EEST---
Czechia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:11 CEST12:22 CEST---
Denmark
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:17 CEST12:08 CEST---
Djibouti
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:23 EAT15:05 EAT---
Equatorial Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:12 WAT10:58 WAT---
Eritrea
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:03 CAT15:03 EAT---
Estonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:39 EEST13:10 EEST---
Ethiopia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:08 EAT15:15 EAT---
Faroe Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:24 WEST10:41 WEST---
Finland
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:44 EEST13:02 EEST---
France
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:49 CEST12:22 CEST---
French Southern Territories
Partial Solar Eclipse
15:30 TFT17:31 TFT---
Gabon
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:26 WAT11:18 WAT---
Gambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:44 GMT09:27 GMT---
Georgia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:50 MSK15:03 AZT---
Germany
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:03 CEST12:19 CEST---
Ghana
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:08 GMT09:52 GMT---
Greece
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:10 EEST13:59 EEST---
Greenland
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:22 08:20 ---
Guernsey
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:58 BST10:59 BST---
Guinea
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:49 GMT09:33 GMT---
Guinea-Bissau
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:46 GMT09:25 GMT---
Hungary
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:11 CEST13:31 EEST---
Iceland
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:28 GMT09:32 GMT---
India
Partial Solar Eclipse
15:34 IST17:53 IST---
Indonesia
Partial Solar Eclipse
17:49 WIB18:57 WIB---
Iran
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:58 EEST15:19 IRST---
Iraq
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:47 AST14:34 AST---
Ireland
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:58 IST10:52 IST---
Isle of Man
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:06 BST10:52 BST---
Israel
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:38 EEST14:22 IDT---
Italy
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:55 CEST12:38 CEST---
Jersey
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:58 BST10:59 BST---
Jordan
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:40 IDT14:24 AST---
Kazakhstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:08 16:04 TMT---
Kenya
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:30 CAT15:14 EAT---
Kosovo
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:13 CEST12:39 CEST---
Kuwait
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:08 AST14:37 AST---
Kyrgyzstan
Partial Solar Eclipse
15:05 TJT17:01 KGT---
Laos
Partial Solar Eclipse
17:57 ICT18:45 ICT---
Latvia
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:33 EEST13:15 MSK---
Lebanon
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:39 EEST14:15 IDT---
Liberia
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:06 GMT09:19 GMT---
Liechtenstein
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:04 CEST12:16 CEST---
Lithuania
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:32 EEST13:18 MSK---
Luxembourg
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:04 CEST12:09 CEST---
Madagascar
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:32 EAT15:27 EAT---
Malawi
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:24 EAT14:50 EAT---
Malaysia
Partial Solar Eclipse
18:51 MYT19:38 MYT---
Maldives
Partial Solar Eclipse
15:26 MVT17:35 MVT---
Mali
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:39 GMT11:18 WAT---
Malta
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:01 CEST12:37 CEST---
Mauritania
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:34 GMT09:59 GMT---
Mauritius
Partial Solar Eclipse
14:32 MUT16:37 MUT---
Mayotte
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:33 EAT15:19 EAT---
Moldova
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:28 EEST13:40 EEST---
Monaco
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:58 CEST12:17 CEST---
Montenegro
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:10 CEST12:36 CEST---
Mozambique
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:25 EAT14:10 CAT---
Myanmar
Partial Solar Eclipse
17:18 MMT18:31 MMT---
Nepal
Partial Solar Eclipse
16:00 IST17:16 NPT---
Netherlands
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:05 CEST12:06 CEST---
Niger
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:58 WAT11:54 WAT---
Nigeria
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:11 WAT11:50 WAT---
North Macedonia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:12 CEST12:42 CEST---
Norway
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:23 CEST11:58 CEST---
Oman
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:33 GST16:05 GST---
Pakistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
14:13 AFT16:51 PKT---
Palestine
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:38 EEST14:19 IDT---
Poland
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:16 CEST12:27 CEST---
Portugal
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:33 WEST10:58 WEST---
Qatar
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:22 AST14:47 AST---
Reunion
Partial Solar Eclipse
14:55 RET16:28 RET---
Romania
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:16 CEST13:44 EEST---
Russia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:28 CEST15:03 AZT---
Rwanda
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:46 CAT14:46 EAT---
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Partial Solar Eclipse
06:25 PMDT07:21 PMDT---
San Marino
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:03 CEST12:24 CEST---
Senegal
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:39 GMT09:32 GMT---
Serbia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:12 CEST12:40 CEST---
Seychelles
Partial Solar Eclipse
14:18 SCT16:35 SCT---
Sierra Leone
Partial Solar Eclipse
07:58 GMT09:22 GMT---
Singapore
Partial Solar Eclipse
18:52 SGT19:15 SGT---
Slovakia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:14 CEST12:28 CEST---
Slovenia
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:07 CEST12:25 CEST---
South Sudan
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:57 CAT15:00 EAT---
Sri Lanka
Partial Solar Eclipse
16:03 IST17:54 IST---
Sweden
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:22 CEST12:07 CEST---
Switzerland
Partial Solar Eclipse
09:59 CEST12:17 CEST---
Syria
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:40 EEST14:18 EEST---
Tajikistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
14:59 UZT15:42 AFT---
Tanzania
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:46 EAT15:11 EAT---
Thailand
Partial Solar Eclipse
17:50 ICT18:26 MMT---
Togo
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:12 GMT09:55 GMT---
Turkey
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:20 EEST14:13 AST---
Turkmenistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
14:19 AQTT15:51 AFT---
Uganda
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:28 CAT14:59 EAT---
Ukraine
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:22 CEST13:48 MSK---
United Arab Emirates
Partial Solar Eclipse
13:25 GST15:53 GST---
United Kingdom
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:57 BST11:01 BST---
United States
Partial Solar Eclipse
06:14 ADT05:19 EDT---
Uzbekistan
Partial Solar Eclipse
14:28 AQTT15:42 AFT---
Vatican City (Holy See)
Partial Solar Eclipse
10:02 CEST12:26 CEST---
Vietnam
Partial Solar Eclipse
17:53 ICT18:36 ICT---
Western Sahara
Partial Solar Eclipse
08:34 WEST10:53 WEST---
Zambia
Partial Solar Eclipse
12:21 CAT13:45 CAT---
Åland Islands
Partial Solar Eclipse
11:41 EEST13:01 EEST---

All times shown in this table are local time. (Note: more than one time zone is listed.) "Totality duration" gives the time between the start and finish of totality within the entire country (not at one location).

How Many People Can See This Eclipse?

Number of People Seeing...Number of People*Fraction of World Population
Any part of the eclipse4,620,000,00057.48%
At least 10% partial2,920,000,00036.34%
At least 20% partial2,240,000,00027.94%
At least 30% partial1,710,000,00021.35%
At least 40% partial1,240,000,00015.48%
At least 50% partial931,000,00011.57%
At least 60% partial661,000,0008.22%
At least 70% partial496,000,0006.17%
At least 80% partial348,000,0004.34%
At least 90% partial268,000,0003.34%
Totality or annularity88,900,0001.11%

* The number of people refers to the resident population (as a round number) in areas where the eclipse is visible. timeanddate has calculated these numbers using raw population data provided by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University. The raw data is based on population estimates from the year 2000 to 2020.

An Eclipse Never Comes Alone!

A solar eclipse always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse.

Usually, there are two eclipses in a row, but other times, there are three during the same eclipse season.

All eclipses 1900 — 2199

This is the second eclipse this season.

First eclipse this season: 18 July 2027 — Almost Lunar Eclipse

Third eclipse this season: 17 August 2027 — Penumbral Lunar Eclipse