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Eclipse 2027 in Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, Mecca and the South-West

Totality crosses western and south-western Saudi Arabia in the early afternoon of 2 August 2027. Check the exact times for your city.

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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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Jeddah, Mecca Region, Saudi Arabia

Total eclipse: 5 min 58 s of totality

Totality from 13:22:22 to 13:28:21 UTC+3, Monday 2 August 2027

Event	Local time	Sun
Partial eclipse beginsFirst contact (C1)	12:00:29	82°, 117°
Totality beginsSecond contact (C2)	13:22:22	77°, 256°
Maximum eclipseGreatest eclipse	13:25:22	76°, 257°
Totality endsThird contact (C3)	13:28:21	76°, 257°
Partial eclipse endsFourth contact (C4)	14:43:48	58°, 269°

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

Sun covered at maximum: 100%
Magnitude: 1.028
Sun at maximum: 76° high in the west (azimuth 257°)
Whole eclipse: 2 h 43 min

The centre line of the path is about 35 km to the south-west, where totality lasts 6 min 14 s.

Keep eclipse glasses on for the whole partial phase. Only between 13:22:22 and 13:28:21, 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. Jeddah: 21.4901, 39.1862.

In Saudi Arabia the eclipse happens in the early afternoon of Monday 2 August 2027, with the Sun high in the western sky. The Moon’s shadow comes ashore from the Red Sea around Jeddah and Al Lith, crosses the Hejaz and the Asir mountains past Mecca, Ta’if, Al Bahah, Abha and Khamis Mushait, and leaves over Najran and Jazan towards Yemen. The page opens on Jeddah; tap another city above, or enter the coordinates of your viewing spot.

Reading the times

Times are Saudi time, UTC+3, which does not change in summer. During totality the Sun is between about 68° and 77° high, to the west-south-west in Jeddah and almost due west in Abha and Najran: plan to look up at a steep angle, from a spot with a clear view of the western sky.

Coast, mountains and the edge

Totality is longest near the centre line, which runs close to Al Lith and through the Asir highlands. Jeddah, about 35 km from the centre line, still gets almost six minutes; Mecca, further from it, just over five. Ta’if and Jizan are nearer the edges, with about three to four minutes, and Bishah just misses totality (99.7%). Riyadh, Dammam, Tabuk and Medina see only a partial eclipse.

Eclipse glasses that meet ISO 12312-2 stay on for the whole partial phase; take them off only between the second and third contact times shown for your place, and put them back on at the first flash of sunlight.

Places in Saudi Arabia that see totality

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

Total eclipse in Saudi Arabia, 2 August 2027, local time (UTC+3)
Place	Eclipse	Begins	Totality or max.	Ends
Al LithMecca Region	6 min 11 s	12:05	13:26:42–13:32:53	14:48
Bariq'Asir Region	6 min 4 s	12:11	13:31:57–13:38:01	14:52
Abha'Asir Region	6 min 3 s	12:13	13:34:16–13:40:19	14:54
Khamis Mushait'Asir Region	6 min 0 s	12:14	13:34:32–13:40:32	14:54
JeddahMecca Region	5 min 58 s	12:00	13:22:22–13:28:21	14:44
Sarat 'Abidah'Asir Region	5 min 53 s	12:15	13:35:40–13:41:33	14:55
Fayfa'Jazan Region	5 min 46 s	12:16	13:37:13–13:42:59	14:56
An Nimas'Asir Region	5 min 44 s	12:11	13:32:03–13:37:47	14:52
NajranNajran Region	5 min 30 s	12:18	13:38:37–13:44:07	14:57
BaljurashiAl Bahah Region	5 min 21 s	12:08	13:29:57–13:35:18	14:50
Sabt Alalayah'Asir Region	5 min 11 s	12:10	13:31:16–13:36:27	14:51
Al BahahAl Bahah Region	5 min 10 s	12:08	13:29:36–13:34:46	14:49
MeccaMecca Region	5 min 5 s	12:02	13:24:07–13:29:12	14:45
Ash ShafaMecca Region	4 min 55 s	12:04	13:25:44–13:30:39	14:46
DamadJazan Region	4 min 50 s	12:16	13:37:24–13:42:14	14:56
Al JumumMecca Region	4 min 49 s	12:01	13:23:40–13:28:29	14:44
SabyaJazan Region	4 min 34 s	12:15	13:37:11–13:41:44	14:56
Abu 'ArishJazan Region	4 min 33 s	12:16	13:37:52–13:42:25	14:56
ThuwalMecca Region	4 min 4 s	11:59	13:21:46–13:25:50	14:42
Al Mash'iliyahNajran Region	3 min 58 s	12:18	13:39:28–13:43:27	14:57
KhulaysMecca Region	3 min 53 s	12:00	13:22:28–13:26:21	14:43
Ta'ifMecca Region	3 min 51 s	12:04	13:26:06–13:29:56	14:46
SamitahJazan Region	3 min 20 s	12:17	13:39:21–13:42:42	14:57
JizanJazan Region	3 min 3 s	12:16	13:38:17–13:41:20	14:56
Al 'AqiqAl Bahah Region	2 min 28 s	12:07	13:29:42–13:32:10	14:48

Nearby places that see a partial eclipse

Partial eclipse in Saudi Arabia, 2 August 2027, local time (UTC+3)
Place	Eclipse	Begins	Totality or max.	Ends
Bishah'Asir Region	99.7% (partial)	12:10	13:34	14:51
YanbuMedina Region	98.9% (partial)	11:54	13:19	14:37
MedinaMedina Region	94.4% (partial)	11:57	13:21	14:39
AlUlaMedina Region	91.7% (partial)	11:51	13:14	14:32
TabukTabuk Region	88.9% (partial)	11:46	13:09	14:27
BuraydahAl-Qassim Region	77.7% (partial)	12:05	13:25	14:39
RiyadhRiyadh Region	75.7% (partial)	12:14	13:33	14:45
DammamEastern Province	62.2% (partial)	12:20	13:35	14:43

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