Jamie is an experienced science, technology and travel journalist and stargazer who writes about exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses, moon-gazing, astro-travel, astronomy and space exploration. He is the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, and is a senior contributor at Forbes.
A total solar eclipse will occur on Aug. 2, 2027, when the moon's central shadow sweeps across the globe, bringing a few precious minutes of totality to the Atlantic Ocean, southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Tangiers in Morocco is just a short ferry ride across the Strait of Gibraltar from Tarifa. Ferries also run between Algeciras in Spain and the Tanger Med industrial port. The total solar eclipse path across North Africa on Aug. 2, 2027. Many of North Africa's largest cities miss out on totality, such as Algiers , Tunis and Cairo . However, the northwestern coast of Tripoli in Libya is just inside the path of a brief totality, and Benghazi is right on the centreline for a long 6-minute-9-second totality.
There are other options in Egypt for a long totality. Siwa Oasis in the country's northwest will get 5 minutes 37 seconds. Popular tourist destination Aswan in the south misses out , as does the famous Abu Simbel monument to its southwest . However, between Aswan and Luxor are two famous Egyptian temples at Edfu and Kom Ombo. Meanwhile, just north of Luxor, but still close to the centerline, are Sohag and Asyut .
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Total solar eclipse 2027: A complete guide to the 'eclipse of the century'Jamie is an experienced science, technology and travel journalist and stargazer who writes about exploring the night sky, solar and lunar eclipses, moon-gazing, astro-travel, astronomy and space exploration. He is the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com and author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners, and is a senior contributor at Forbes.
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