Solar eclipse · Monday 2 August 2027 · Alexandria, Egypt

Partial eclipse in Alexandria, 2 August 2027

The Moon will cover at most 93% of the solar disc (magnitude 0.935), at 12:51:40 (local time in Cairo). The Sun will then stand 76° above the horizon, towards the south-south-east. There is no totality here.

The path near you

Alexandria lies outside the path of totality. Its edge runs 215 km towards the south-south-west — that is where you have to stand to see the Sun disappear completely.

The times, for Alexandria

Phase	Local time	UT	Sun's altitudealt.
First contact — the Moon touches the Sun	11:29:41	08:29:41	64°
Maximum	12:51:40	09:51:40	76°
Last contact — the Moon leaves the Sun	14:11:59	11:11:59	70°

Total duration2 h 42 min
Share of the Sun covered93%
Magnitude0.935
Sun's altitude at maximum76°

What you will see

Maximum as seen from Alexandria, drawn by Novilune.

For about two hours the Moon eats into the solar disc and then releases it. To the naked eye the drop in light is hardly noticeable until three quarters of the Sun are covered; here, at maximum, 93% of the disc will be hidden. The light will turn grey, shadows will sharpen, and the temperature will drop by a few degrees.

To see totality you must be inside the path of totality — the eclipse map and the list of cities on the eclipse page show where it runs.

In Alexandria, on 2 August 2027, there is no moment at which the Sun can be looked at without protection: eclipse glasses (ISO 12312-2) or projection onto a sheet of paper, from first to last contact.

How to look without burning your eyes →

Where these figures come from

Times and geometry computed by Novilune for the point 31.1992° N, 29.8952° E (altitude 13 m), from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's DE441 ephemeris, with ΔT = 69.2 s. The uncertainty on ΔT (± 5 s) shifts all the times together by a few seconds at most; atmospheric refraction is not applied (it does not change the contact times appreciably at this altitude of the Sun).

Times are given in local time in Cairo (UT +03:00).

In the app

Novilune draws this eclipse as it will be seen from Alexandria — the two discs at maximum, the Moon's path, the map of the path of totality — and does the same for every new moon from 2000 BC to AD 3000, for any place on Earth, offline.

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All cities, the map and the path of totality →

Also computed for this eclipse