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Eclipse 2027 in Egypt: Luxor, the Nile Valley and the Red Sea

The longest totality of the 2027 eclipse falls on the Nile valley around Luxor. Check the times and duration for your hotel, temple or boat.

Protect your eyes. Looking at the Sun during any partial phase, even when 99% of it is covered, can permanently damage your eyes. Use eclipse glasses or a handheld viewer that meets ISO 12312‑2, or project the Sun’s image. Only during totality, and only inside the path of totality, is it safe to look without them. Cameras, binoculars and telescopes need their own solar filter on the front; never look through them while wearing only eclipse glasses.

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Decimal degrees: south and west are negative. You can paste “36.0139, -5.6044” into Latitude. The time zone follows the nearest listed place until you change it.

13:05:16 EEST

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Luxor, Egypt

Total eclipse: 6 min 21 s of totality

Totality from 13:02:06 to 13:08:27 EEST (UTC+3), Monday 2 August 2027

EventLocal timeSun
Partial eclipse beginsFirst contact (C1)11:40:1671°, 111°
Totality beginsSecond contact (C2)13:02:0682°, 191°
Maximum eclipseGreatest eclipse13:05:1682°, 196°
Totality endsThird contact (C3)13:08:2782°, 201°
Partial eclipse endsFourth contact (C4)14:26:3368°, 254°

Times in EEST (UTC+3), the local time in Luxor. Sun: height above the horizon, then compass direction (azimuth, 90° = east, 180° = south).

Sun covered at maximum
100%
Magnitude
1.035
Sun at maximum
82° high in the south (azimuth 196°)
Whole eclipse
2 h 46 min

The centre line of the path is about 15 km to the north-east, where totality lasts 6 min 23 s.

Keep eclipse glasses on for the whole partial phase. Only between 13:02:06 and 13:08:27, when the Sun is completely covered, can you look without them. Put them back on at the first flash of sunlight.

Calculated in your browser from NASA’s Besselian elements for this eclipse (F. Espenak, NASA/GSFC), with ΔT = 69.35 s from IERS Bulletin A of 24 September 2026. Contact times are for sea level unless you enter a height, and the Moon’s uneven edge can shift them by a second or two. Luxor: 25.6989, 32.6421.

In Egypt the eclipse happens around midday on Monday 2 August 2027, with the Sun high in the sky. The Moon’s shadow crosses the Western Desert, reaches the Nile valley near Asyut, runs down the valley past Sohag, Qena and Luxor, and leaves over the Red Sea near Marsa Alam. The page opens on Luxor; tap a temple or town above, or enter the coordinates of your hotel or Nile boat mooring.

Reading the times

Times here are in Egyptian summer time (EEST, UTC+3), which Egypt has used again each summer since 2023. The simulator fixes the zone for 2 August 2027 when the site is built, so a phone with outdated time zone data can’t move them by an hour.

The edge near Aswan

South of Luxor the path narrows towards its southern edge. Esna gets 5 min 46 s and Edfu 5 min 32 s, but Kom Ombo only 3 min 41 s and Daraw about 3 min, and Aswan itself stays just outside. If you are based in Aswan, the short drive north towards Kom Ombo or Edfu turns a 99.8% partial eclipse into minutes of totality.

Safety in the midday Sun

Glasses on for the whole partial phase, off only between the times shown for second and third contact. The Sun is so high that people tend to look up for long stretches: keep the filter on the whole time except during totality, and use the simulation’s jump buttons beforehand so you know when the diamond ring ends it.

Places in Egypt that see totality

Every listed town in Egypt inside the path, longest totality first. Totality times are to the second; the partial phase to the minute.

Total eclipse in Egypt, 2 August 2027, local time (EEST (UTC+3))
PlaceEclipseBeginsTotality or max.Ends
GirgaSohag6 min 23 s11:3812:59:32–13:05:5514:24
Al BalyanaSohag6 min 23 s11:3812:59:55–13:06:1814:25
Dar as SalamSohag6 min 23 s11:3812:59:58–13:06:2014:25
Nag HammadiQena6 min 23 s11:3913:00:42–13:07:0514:25
Abu TishtQena6 min 22 s11:3913:00:17–13:06:4014:25
Az Zayniyah QibliLuxor6 min 22 s11:4013:02:04–13:08:2714:27
Al MinshahSohag6 min 22 s11:3812:59:08–13:05:3014:24
JuhaynahSohag6 min 22 s11:3712:58:12–13:04:3414:23
FarshutQena6 min 22 s11:3913:00:32–13:06:5414:25
Sohag6 min 22 s11:3712:58:47–13:05:0914:23
Al WaqfQena6 min 22 s11:3913:01:01–13:07:2314:25
JarajusQena6 min 22 s11:4013:02:03–13:08:2414:26
At TarifNew Valley6 min 22 s11:4013:02:01–13:08:2314:26
NaqadahQena6 min 22 s11:4013:01:56–13:08:1814:26
Karnak TempleQena6 min 22 s11:4013:02:05–13:08:2714:27
Temple of HatshepsutRed Sea6 min 21 s11:4013:01:58–13:08:1914:26
AkhmimSohag6 min 21 s11:3712:58:53–13:05:1514:24
Luxor6 min 21 s11:4013:02:06–13:08:2714:27
QusQena6 min 21 s11:4013:02:00–13:08:2014:26
DishnaQena6 min 20 s11:3913:01:04–13:07:2414:25
Al BayadiyahLuxor6 min 20 s11:4013:02:09–13:08:2814:27
Al MaraghahSohag6 min 20 s11:3712:58:24–13:04:4414:23
SaqultahSohag6 min 20 s11:3712:58:36–13:04:5614:23
Al GhanayimAsyut6 min 19 s11:3612:57:34–13:03:5314:22
TahtaSohag6 min 19 s11:3712:58:05–13:04:2514:23
Al BawitiGiza6 min 17 s11:3012:50:20–12:56:3714:16
QiftQena6 min 16 s11:4013:02:01–13:08:1714:26
ArmantQena6 min 15 s11:4013:02:04–13:08:1914:27
TimaSohag6 min 15 s11:3612:57:46–13:04:0114:22
SidfaAsyut6 min 13 s11:3612:57:35–13:03:4814:22
TudLuxor6 min 12 s11:4013:02:08–13:08:2014:27
Abu TijAsyut6 min 10 s11:3612:57:22–13:03:3214:22
Al BadariAsyut6 min 10 s11:3612:57:39–13:03:4814:22
QinaQena6 min 10 s11:4013:01:37–13:07:4714:26
As SahilAsyut6 min 8 s11:3612:57:24–13:03:3214:22
AssiutAsyut6 min 6 s11:3612:56:55–13:03:0114:21
ManfalutAsyut6 min 6 s11:3512:56:16–13:02:2314:21
An NasiriyahAsyut6 min 3 s11:3612:56:55–13:02:5914:21
Al QusiyahAsyut6 min 3 s11:3412:55:48–13:01:5114:20
AbnubAsyut6 min 0 s11:3512:56:46–13:02:4614:21
DayrutAsyut5 min 51 s11:3412:55:42–13:01:3314:20
EsnaQena5 min 46 s11:4113:02:51–13:08:3814:27
As Siba'iyahAswan5 min 44 s11:4113:03:18–13:09:0114:28
Al Basaliyah BahriAswan5 min 41 s11:4113:03:28–13:09:0914:28
Dayr MawasMinya5 min 37 s11:3412:55:47–13:01:2314:20
EdfuAswan5 min 32 s11:4213:04:09–13:09:4114:28
SiwahMatruh5 min 30 s11:2212:42:35–12:48:0514:08
Marsa AlamRed Sea5 min 29 s11:4613:08:06–13:13:3514:31
MallawiMinya5 min 23 s11:3412:55:44–13:01:0714:20
Ar Radisiyah QibliRed Sea5 min 21 s11:4213:04:23–13:09:4414:28
Hala'ibRed Sea5 min 18 s11:5413:16:33–13:21:5114:39
Bani 'UbaydMinya4 min 45 s11:3412:55:36–13:00:2114:19
Abu QurqasMinya4 min 42 s11:3412:55:47–13:00:2914:20
Minya4 min 10 s11:3412:55:39–12:59:4914:19
Al-Minya al-JadidahMinya4 min 1 s11:3412:55:51–12:59:5214:19
Kom OmboAswan3 min 41 s11:4213:06:03–13:09:4414:29
DarawAswan3 min 5 s11:4213:06:25–13:09:3014:29
SamalutMinya2 min 52 s11:3312:55:53–12:58:4414:19
Al QusayrRed Sea2 min 23 s11:4313:06:43–13:09:0614:28
MatayMinya24 s11:3412:57:05–12:57:3014:19

Nearby places that see a partial eclipse

Partial eclipse in Egypt, 2 August 2027, local time (EEST (UTC+3))
PlaceEclipseBeginsTotality or max.Ends
Aswan99.8% (partial)11:4313:0814:30
HurghadaRed Sea98.5% (partial)11:4113:0514:25
Cairo94.7% (partial)11:3312:5614:16
Giza94.9% (partial)11:3312:5614:16
Alexandria93.3% (partial)11:3012:5214:12
Port Said88.4% (partial)11:3512:5614:15
Suez92.4% (partial)11:3612:5814:18
DahabSouth Sinai93.3% (partial)11:4113:0514:24

Any other place: use the search above, enter coordinates, or open the eclipse simulator for the whole path.

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