Cairo, Egypt · Partial solar eclipse · 2 August 2027
Eclipse 2027 in Cairo
In Cairo the Moon covers 94.7% of the Sun at 12:55 local time (EEST, UTC+3) on Monday 2 August 2027. The path of totality passes 180 km to the south-west.
Begins11:33:12 EEST
Greatest12:55:53 EEST
Your time09:55:53 UTC
When it happens in Cairo
| Stage | EEST | UTC | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partial eclipse beginsC1, the Moon first touches the Sun | 11:33:12 | 08:33:12 | 66° |
| Greatest eclipsethe most of the Sun covered | 12:55:53 | 09:55:53 | 78° |
| Partial eclipse endsC4, the Moon leaves the Sun | 14:16:14 | 11:16:14 | 69° |
Monday 2 August 2027, local time in Cairo (Eastern European Summer Time, UTC+3). The Sun column is its height above the horizon. Times are for the centre of Cairo, 30.063° N, 31.250° E; a few kilometres away they shift by a few seconds.
Cairo and the path of totality
The shaded band is the path of totality, the dashed line its centre, where totality lasts longest. Coastlines, rivers and borders: Natural Earth.
Cairo is outside the path of totality, 180 km beyond its northern edge. Travel 180 km south-west and the Sun is covered completely, at first only for moments; on the centre line, 310 km to the south-west, totality lasts 6 min 23 s.
The nearest place in the path with its own page here is Asyut, 320 km to the south, with 6 min 6 s of totality.
What you will see
Through eclipse glasses, the Moon's edge first touches the Sun at 11:33:12. By 12:55 it has turned the Sun into a thin crescent, with 94.7% of its face covered, and at 14:16:14 it moves clear. The whole eclipse lasts 2 h 43 min.
Outside the path some of the Sun always shows, and even a thin crescent is far too bright to look at, so glasses stay on from start to finish. The Sun is almost overhead, 78° up, so a reclining chair or a mat on the ground is far easier than standing with your head tipped back.
How to watch safely
- Wear eclipse glasses that meet the ISO 12312-2 standard whenever any part of the Sun is showing. Sunglasses, however dark, are not safe.
- Never look through binoculars, a telescope or a camera without a proper solar filter on the front.
- A pinhole projector works anywhere: a small hole in card throws an image of the Sun onto paper behind it.
- There is no safe moment without glasses in Cairo: even at 94.7% a crescent of the Sun is still showing.
See it in 3D
The Moon’s shadow crossing the Earth on the day, drawn by our 3D viewer from the real positions of the Sun, the Moon and the Earth, with the umbra and penumbra at their true size. Press play to load it here, then play, pause and scrub through the eclipse, or open it in the full viewer.
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Get this moment as a print: the sky over Cairo at greatest eclipse, on a star map.
Questions
What time is the eclipse in Cairo?
On Monday 2 August 2027 it begins at 11:33:12 EEST, is greatest at 12:55:53 and ends at 14:16:14. In UTC that is 08:33:12 to 11:16:14.
Is Cairo in the path of totality?
No. Cairo is 180 km outside the northern edge of the path, so it sees a partial eclipse, with 94.7% of the Sun covered at its deepest.
How much of the Sun is covered in Cairo?
94.7% of its disc at 12:55:53 EEST, an eclipse magnitude of 0.946 (the share of the Sun's width the Moon covers).
Where is the nearest total eclipse to Cairo?
The edge of the path of totality is 180 km to the south-west, and its centre line 310 km to the south-west, where totality lasts 6 min 23 s. The nearest place with its own page here is Asyut, with 6 min 6 s.
Where is the Sun during the eclipse?
At greatest eclipse it is almost overhead, 78° up (bearing 174°). At the start it is 66° up and at the end 69°.
Is it safe to look at?
Never without protection: use ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector for the whole eclipse, and never look through binoculars, a telescope or a camera without a solar filter on the front.
Nearby
- AlexandriaPartial, 93.3% of the Sun · 180 km north-west
- AsyutTotal for 6 min 6 s · 320 km south
- SohagTotal for 6 min 22 s · 390 km south
- HurghadaPartial, 98.5% of the Sun · 400 km south-east
- Tel AvivPartial, 80.4% of the Sun · 400 km north-east
- QenaTotal for 6 min 9 s · 460 km south
The whole eclipse, its path and how it works are on the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 page, with every city on one list.
Sources
- Fred Espenak, EclipseWise: Besselian elements of the total solar eclipse of 2027 August 2, the numbers every time and duration on this page is worked from
- NASA Eclipse Web Site: Besselian elements and lunar radii for this eclipse
- NASA: path of totality, with centre-line durations
- IERS Bulletin A (8 October 2026): the Earth's predicted rotation on 2 August 2027, which sets Delta T to 69.4 s
- GeoNames: Cairo, its coordinates, height and time zone (CC BY 4.0)
- Xavier Jubier: interactive map of the 2027 eclipse, which these times were checked against
- Natural Earth: coastlines, rivers and borders on the map (public domain)
- NASA: eclipse safety and American Astronomical Society: eye safety
- The method is the classical one for local circumstances (Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac, chapter 8), run for this page at build time.