Eclipse 2027 in Sana'a

When it happens in Sana'a

Stage	UTC+3	UTC	Sun
Partial eclipse beginsC1, the Moon first touches the Sun	12:21:59	09:21:59	86°
Totality beginsC2, the last of the Sun disappears	13:44:13	10:44:13	67°
Greatest eclipsemid-totality	13:45:27	10:45:27	67°
Totality endsC3, the first of the Sun returns	13:46:41	10:46:41	67°
Partial eclipse endsC4, the Moon leaves the Sun	15:00:42	12:00:42	49°

Monday 2 August 2027, local time in Sana'a (Arabian Standard Time, UTC+3). The Sun column is its height above the horizon. Times are for the centre of Sana'a, 15.355° N, 44.206° E; a few kilometres away they shift by a few seconds. NASA's elements treat the Moon's edge as smooth. Its mountains and valleys move the second and third contacts by a second or two, and allowing for them Xavier Jubier's map gives 2 min 26 s of totality here.

Sana'a 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.

Sana'a is inside the path of totality, 11 km in from its southern edge and 120 km from its centre line.

Totality lasts longest on the centre line: 5 min 55 s at its nearest point, 120 km to the north-east, 3 min 27 s more than in the city.

This close to the edge every kilometre counts. Totality is shorter and less certain here, so moving even 10 or 20 km north-east buys a much longer view.

What you will see

At 12:21:59 the Moon's edge first touches the Sun. Over the next 1 h 22 min it covers more and more, until at 13:44:13 the last bead of sunlight goes out and totality begins: the sky turns a deep twilight blue, bright planets and stars appear, and the Sun's pearly corona spreads round the black Moon for 2 min 28 s. At 13:46:41 the Sun returns, and the Moon takes another 1 h 14 min to move clear, at 15:00:42.

The Sun is 67° up in the west: 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.
• Only during totality, from 13:44:13 to 13:46:41, is it safe to take the glasses off and look at the corona. Put them back on at the first bright point of sunlight.

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 Sana'a at greatest eclipse, on a star map.

Questions

What time is the eclipse in Sana'a?

On Monday 2 August 2027 it begins at 12:21:59 UTC+3, totality runs from 13:44:13 to 13:46:41, and it ends at 15:00:42. In UTC that is 09:21:59 to 12:00:42.

Is Sana'a in the path of totality?

Yes. Sana'a is 11 km inside the southern edge of the path, so the Sun is completely covered for 2 min 28 s.

How long is totality in Sana'a?

2 min 28 s, from 13:44:13 to 13:46:41 UTC+3. On the centre line, 120 km to the north-east, it lasts 5 min 55 s.

Where is the Sun during the eclipse?

At greatest eclipse it is 67° up in the west (bearing 279°). At the start it is 86° up and at the end 49°.

Is it safe to look at?

Only during totality itself, from 13:44:13 to 13:46:41. Before and after, use ISO 12312-2 eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector, and never look through binoculars, a telescope or a camera without a solar filter on the front.

Nearby

• AdenPartial, 96.1% of the Sun · 300 km south
• AbhaTotal for 6 min 4 s · 370 km north-west
• BosasoTotal for 4 min 3 s · 700 km south-east
• TaifTotal for 3 min 48 s · 770 km north-west
• MeccaTotal for 5 min 4 s · 820 km north-west
• JeddahTotal for 5 min 58 s · 860 km north-west

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: Sana'a, its coordinates, height and time zone (CC BY 4.0)
• Xavier Jubier: interactive map of the 2027 eclipse, which these times were checked against, and its duration allowing for the Moon's limb
• 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.