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Eclipse 2027 in Tunisia: Sfax, Djerba and the Coast

Totality crosses central and southern Tunisia on the morning of 2 August 2027. Check the exact times and duration for your town or resort.

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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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Sfax, Sfax Governorate, Tunisia

Total eclipse: 5 min 39 s of totality

Totality from 10:08:49 to 10:14:28 CET (UTC+1), Monday 2 August 2027

Event	Local time	Sun
Partial eclipse beginsFirst contact (C1)	08:56:25	41°, 97°
Totality beginsSecond contact (C2)	10:08:49	56°, 111°
Maximum eclipseGreatest eclipse	10:11:38	56°, 112°
Totality endsThird contact (C3)	10:14:28	57°, 112°
Partial eclipse endsFourth contact (C4)	11:31:47	70°, 143°

Times in CET (UTC+1), the local time in Sfax. Sun: height above the horizon, then compass direction (azimuth, 90° = east, 180° = south).

Sun covered at maximum: 100%
Magnitude: 1.032
Sun at maximum: 56° high in the east (azimuth 112°)
Whole eclipse: 2 h 35 min

The centre line of the path is about 20 km to the south, where totality lasts 5 min 44 s.

Keep eclipse glasses on for the whole partial phase. Only between 10:08:49 and 10:14:28, 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. Sfax: 34.7406, 10.7603.

In Tunisia the Moon’s shadow enters from Algeria over Tozeur and the salt lakes, passes Sidi Bouzid, Kairouan and Sfax, and leaves over the Gulf of Gabès and Djerba, all in the middle of the morning of Monday 2 August 2027. The page opens on Sfax; tap a resort or town above, or enter the coordinates of your hotel.

The Sahel resorts are on the edge

Many visitors stay between Hammamet and Mahdia, and that is where the northern edge of the path runs. Mahdia is inside with nearly three minutes, Monastir and Sousse are just outside, and Hammamet and Tunis see a deep partial eclipse that never becomes total. From the Sousse–Monastir area, a short trip south, to Mahdia, El Jem (4 min 23 s) or Sfax, is the difference between 99.9% and several minutes of totality. At 99.9% it is still daylight and the corona stays hidden.

When and where to look

Times on this page are in Central European Time (UTC+1), which Tunisia keeps all year. During totality the Sun is about 55° to 57° high in the east to south-east, so a hotel balcony or beach facing east works. Glasses stay on for the whole partial phase and come off only between the second and third contact times shown for your place.

Places in Tunisia that see totality

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

Total eclipse in Tunisia, 2 August 2027, local time (CET (UTC+1))
Place	Eclipse	Begins	Totality or max.	Ends
MahiresSfax Governorate	5 min 43 s	08:56	10:08:24–10:14:06	11:31
Sidi AbidSfax Governorate	5 min 42 s	08:56	10:08:41–10:14:23	11:32
SfaxSfax Governorate	5 min 39 s	08:56	10:08:49–10:14:28	11:32
KellabineSfax Governorate	5 min 38 s	08:57	10:09:38–10:15:16	11:33
FerianaKasserine Governorate	5 min 37 s	08:54	10:04:59–10:10:36	11:27
Dar el Haj TaïebSfax Governorate	5 min 37 s	08:56	10:08:47–10:14:24	11:32
GremdaSfax Governorate	5 min 37 s	08:56	10:08:45–10:14:22	11:32
Sakiet ed DaierSfax Governorate	5 min 36 s	08:56	10:08:54–10:14:30	11:32
Sakiet ez ZitSfax Governorate	5 min 36 s	08:56	10:08:50–10:14:25	11:32
El AinSfax Governorate	5 min 36 s	08:56	10:08:52–10:14:28	11:32
Sidi BouzidSidi Bouzid Governorate	5 min 31 s	08:55	10:06:35–10:12:06	11:29
KasserineKasserine Governorate	5 min 27 s	08:54	10:05:28–10:10:55	11:28
SbeitlaKasserine Governorate	5 min 17 s	08:54	10:06:01–10:11:19	11:28
Gafsa	5 min 9 s	08:54	10:05:42–10:10:51	11:28
MoularèsGafsa	5 min 5 s	08:53	10:04:50–10:09:55	11:27
Ar RudayyifGafsa	4 min 45 s	08:53	10:04:50–10:09:35	11:27
Houmt Souk (Djerba)Medenine Governorate	4 min 41 s	08:56	10:09:46–10:14:27	11:33
MetlaouiGafsa	4 min 40 s	08:53	10:05:18–10:09:59	11:27
El MgarsaMedenine Governorate	4 min 34 s	08:57	10:10:05–10:14:39	11:33
ThalaKasserine Governorate	4 min 32 s	08:54	10:05:34–10:10:06	11:27
Midoun (Djerba)Medenine Governorate	4 min 32 s	08:57	10:10:07–10:14:38	11:33
El JemMahdia Governorate	4 min 23 s	08:56	10:09:12–10:13:35	11:31
ChebbaMahdia Governorate	4 min 22 s	08:57	10:09:55–10:14:17	11:32
MétouiaGabes Governorate	4 min 21 s	08:55	10:08:21–10:12:43	11:31
RhennouchGabes Governorate	4 min 20 s	08:55	10:08:30–10:12:49	11:31
GabèsGabes Governorate	4 min 5 s	08:55	10:08:42–10:12:47	11:31
Chenini NahalGabes Governorate	4 min 0 s	08:55	10:08:40–10:12:40	11:31
AjimMedenine Governorate	3 min 56 s	08:56	10:10:00–10:13:56	11:33
TeboulbouGabes Governorate	3 min 55 s	08:55	10:08:49–10:12:44	11:31
El HammaGabes Governorate	3 min 51 s	08:55	10:08:16–10:12:07	11:31
Ksour EssafMahdia Governorate	3 min 32 s	08:57	10:10:04–10:13:36	11:32
TajerouineKef Governorate	2 min 54 s	08:54	10:06:07–10:09:02	11:26
ZarzisMedenine Governorate	2 min 53 s	08:57	10:11:15–10:14:09	11:34
MahdiaMahdia Governorate	2 min 47 s	08:57	10:10:32–10:13:19	11:32
Kairouan	2 min 43 s	08:56	10:08:51–10:11:35	11:30
ZeramedineMonastir Governorate	2 min 40 s	08:57	10:10:00–10:12:40	11:31
MarethGabes Governorate	2 min 28 s	08:56	10:09:56–10:12:23	11:32
DjemmalMonastir Governorate	2 min 7 s	08:57	10:10:18–10:12:25	11:31
DahmaniKef Governorate	1 min 58 s	08:54	10:07:02–10:09:01	11:27
TozeurTozeur Governorate	1 min 43 s	08:53	10:06:24–10:08:07	11:27
MoknineMonastir Governorate	1 min 36 s	08:57	10:10:48–10:12:24	11:31
BekaltaMonastir Governorate	1 min 35 s	08:57	10:10:59–10:12:34	11:31
Ksar HellalMonastir Governorate	1 min 22 s	08:57	10:10:54–10:12:16	11:31
OuerdanineMonastir Governorate	1 min 16 s	08:57	10:10:34–10:11:50	11:31
TeboulbaMonastir Governorate	1 min 14 s	08:57	10:11:06–10:12:20	11:31
OuardenineMonastir Governorate	46 s	08:57	10:10:49–10:11:34	11:31
MsakenSousse Governorate	36 s	08:56	10:10:44–10:11:20	11:31

Nearby places that see a partial eclipse

Partial eclipse in Tunisia, 2 August 2027, local time (CET (UTC+1))
Place	Eclipse	Begins	Totality or max.	Ends
MonastirMonastir Governorate	99.9% (partial)	08:57	10:11	11:31
SousseSousse Governorate	99.8% (partial)	08:56	10:11	11:31
HammametNabeul Governorate	98.2% (partial)	08:57	10:11	11:30
TunisTunis Governorate	97.0% (partial)	08:56	10:10	11:29
BizerteBizerte Governorate	95.4% (partial)	08:56	10:09	11:28

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