Marrakech, Morocco · Partial solar eclipse · 2 August 2027
Eclipse 2027 in Marrakech
In Marrakech the Moon covers 89.2% of the Sun at 09:43 local time (UTC+1) on Monday 2 August 2027. The path of totality passes 320 km to the north.
Begins08:37:39 UTC+1
Greatest09:43:17 UTC+1
Your time08:43:17 UTC
When it happens in Marrakech
| Stage | UTC+1 | UTC | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partial eclipse beginsC1, the Moon first touches the Sun | 08:37:39 | 07:37:39 | 22° |
| Greatest eclipsethe most of the Sun covered | 09:43:17 | 08:43:17 | 35° |
| Partial eclipse endsC4, the Moon leaves the Sun | 10:56:19 | 09:56:19 | 51° |
Monday 2 August 2027, local time in Marrakech (Morocco time, UTC+1). The Sun column is its height above the horizon. Times are for the centre of Marrakech, 31.634° N, 8.000° W; a few kilometres away they shift by a few seconds.
Marrakech 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.
Marrakech is far outside the path of totality: its nearest stretch is 320 km to the north, and on the centre line there, 440 km away, totality lasts 4 min 43 s.
The nearest place in the path with its own page here is Chefchaouen, 470 km to the north-east, with 4 min 13 s of totality.
What you will see
Through eclipse glasses, the Moon's edge first touches the Sun at 08:37:39. By 09:43 it has turned the Sun into a crescent, with 89.2% of its face covered, and at 10:56:19 it moves clear. The whole eclipse lasts 2 h 19 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 35° up in the east: any open spot with a clear view that way works.
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 Marrakech: even at 89.2% 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 Marrakech at greatest eclipse, on a star map.
Questions
What time is the eclipse in Marrakech?
On Monday 2 August 2027 it begins at 08:37:39 UTC+1, is greatest at 09:43:17 and ends at 10:56:19. In UTC that is 07:37:39 to 09:56:19.
Is Marrakech in the path of totality?
No. Marrakech is 320 km outside the southern edge of the path, so it sees a partial eclipse, with 89.2% of the Sun covered at its deepest.
How much of the Sun is covered in Marrakech?
89.2% of its disc at 09:43:17 UTC+1, an eclipse magnitude of 0.902 (the share of the Sun's width the Moon covers).
Where is the nearest total eclipse to Marrakech?
The edge of the path of totality is 320 km to the north, and its centre line 440 km to the north, where totality lasts 4 min 43 s. The nearest place with its own page here is Chefchaouen, with 4 min 13 s.
Where is the Sun during the eclipse?
At greatest eclipse it is 35° up in the east (bearing 90°). At the start it is 22° up and at the end 51°.
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
- CasablancaPartial, 97.1% of the Sun · 220 km north
- RabatPartial, 98.5% of the Sun · 290 km north
- FezPartial, 98.4% of the Sun · 390 km north-east
- ChefchaouenTotal for 4 min 13 s · 470 km north-east
- TetouanTotal for 4 min 51 s · 500 km north-east
- TangierTotal for 4 min 50 s · 500 km north-east
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: Marrakech, 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.