Tarifa, Spain · Total solar eclipse · 2 August 2027
Eclipse 2027 in Tarifa
In Tarifa the eclipse is total for 4 min 39 s, from 10:45:09 to 10:49:48 local time (CEST, UTC+2) on Monday 2 August 2027.
Begins09:40:54 CEST
Totality10:45:09 to 10:49:48 CEST
Your time08:45:09 UTC
When it happens in Tarifa
| Stage | CEST | UTC | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partial eclipse beginsC1, the Moon first touches the Sun | 09:40:54 | 07:40:54 | 25° |
| Totality beginsC2, the last of the Sun disappears | 10:45:09 | 08:45:09 | 38° |
| Greatest eclipsemid-totality | 10:47:28 | 08:47:28 | 38° |
| Totality endsC3, the first of the Sun returns | 10:49:48 | 08:49:48 | 39° |
| Partial eclipse endsC4, the Moon leaves the Sun | 12:00:46 | 10:00:46 | 53° |
Monday 2 August 2027, local time in Tarifa (Central European Summer Time, UTC+2). The Sun column is its height above the horizon. Times are for the centre of Tarifa, 36.014° N, 5.607° W; 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 4 min 39 s of totality here.
Tarifa 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.
Tarifa is inside the path of totality, 85 km in from its northern edge and 35 km from its centre line.
Totality lasts longest on the centre line: 4 min 52 s at its nearest point, 35 km to the south, 13 s more than in the city.
What you will see
At 09:40:54 the Moon's edge first touches the Sun. Over the next 1 h 4 min it covers more and more, until at 10:45:09 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 4 min 39 s. At 10:49:48 the Sun returns, and the Moon takes another 1 h 11 min to move clear, at 12:00:46.
The Sun is 38° 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.
- Only during totality, from 10:45:09 to 10:49:48, 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 Tarifa at greatest eclipse, on a star map.
Questions
What time is the eclipse in Tarifa?
On Monday 2 August 2027 it begins at 09:40:54 CEST, totality runs from 10:45:09 to 10:49:48, and it ends at 12:00:46. In UTC that is 07:40:54 to 10:00:46.
Is Tarifa in the path of totality?
Yes. Tarifa is 85 km inside the northern edge of the path, so the Sun is completely covered for 4 min 39 s.
How long is totality in Tarifa?
4 min 39 s, from 10:45:09 to 10:49:48 CEST. On the centre line, 35 km to the south, it lasts 4 min 52 s.
Where is the Sun during the eclipse?
At greatest eclipse it is 38° up in the east (bearing 95°). At the start it is 25° up and at the end 53°.
Is it safe to look at?
Only during totality itself, from 10:45:09 to 10:49:48. 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
- AlgecirasTotal for 4 min 27 s · 19 km north-east
- GibraltarTotal for 4 min 26 s · 25 km north-east
- CeutaTotal for 4 min 48 s · 30 km south-east
- TangierTotal for 4 min 50 s · 30 km south-west
- TetouanTotal for 4 min 51 s · 55 km south-east
- CádizTotal for 2 min 54 s · 85 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. Every town of 15,000 or more in southern Spain, with its totality, is on the eclipse in Spain.
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: Tarifa, 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.