Eric Tomjack

Ready for the NEXT TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE! It's coming August 2, 2027 – and it will be the best one EVER in our lifetimes! It will last three to four times longer than the August 12, 2026 one! The path of totality passes over the Strait of Gibraltar, as well as extreme southern Spain, Gibraltar and Tangier in extreme northern Morocco. Then it passes over the Alboran Sea and Oran, Algeria. Then northern Tunisia is in the zone. Benghazi, Libya is on the centerline, and will receive 6 minutes of totality. But the best view will be in Egypt; Luxor will see 6 minutes 23 seconds of totality! The theoretical maximum duration for a total solar eclipse is 7 minutes 30 seconds under ideal orbital conditions. No other solar eclipse visible from land will offer a longer duration of totality until the year 2114! Moreover, Egypt is a desert country, meaning weather prospects are superb. The August 2, 2027 solar eclipse is the longest since that of July 22, 2009. The maximum duration was 6 minutes 39 seconds, but that happened over the open Pacific. That means the 2027 eclipse will feature more totality on land. In other words, this upcoming eclipse will be incomparably spectacular! In Egypt, the sun will be almost directly overhead (80 degrees up!). That means skywatchers will be able to lie on the ground and stare upwards during totality. Moreover, the path will be exceptionally wide (160 miles in Egypt), making for a darker eclipse. And the shadow will be almost perfectly round, making the 360 degree sunrise phenomenon all the more spectacular.