The total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027, from Aswan, Egypt

Aswan, Egypt: NOT in the path, though the edge of totality is a short drive north.

No totality here

Aswan, Egypt is outside the path of totality. At maximum, about 99 percent of the Sun is covered and a sliver stays visible the whole time. The corona does not appear, the sky does not go dark, and eye protection must stay on for every minute of it.

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Local contact times

All times are for Aswān on Monday, 2 August 2027, in local clock time, computed for latitude 24.091, longitude 32.899 at sea level. A few hundred metres of elevation moves these by well under a second.

Stage	Local time	UTC	What happens
Partial eclipse begins	11:42:43 GMT+3	08:42:43 UTC	The Moon takes the first bite out of the Sun. Filters on.
Maximum eclipse	13:08:16 GMT+3	10:08:16 UTC	The deepest point, with 99 percent of the Sun covered. Filters stay on.
Partial eclipse ends	14:29:40 GMT+3	11:29:40 UTC	The Sun is whole again.

Sun altitude at maximum: 83 degrees (almost directly overhead)
Most of the Sun covered: about 99 percent
Duration of totality: none
Whole eclipse lasts: 2 hr 47 min
Time zone: Africa/Cairo
Coordinates used: 24.091, 32.899

Which way the shadow moves

The Moon's shadow reaches Aswān from the northwest and leaves toward the southeast, crossing at about 2,350 km/h. The deepest shading arrives from the northwest and passes toward the southeast; from here the eclipse stays partial throughout. CycleCalcs computes this from the local timing gradient around the town.

Eye safety. There is no moment during this eclipse when it is safe to look at the Sun without a certified solar filter (eclipse glasses meeting the ISO 12312-2 standard count; the gear page explains what does). Aswān never reaches totality, so a sliver of the photosphere is visible throughout, and that sliver is as damaging as the whole Sun.

How far to real totality

The edge of the path is about 15 km north of Aswān, measured along its meridian. Reaching the edge is not the goal, though: totality there lasts seconds, and the limit's exact position is itself uncertain by a kilometre or two. Going well past the line is what buys the experience.

25 km north: 2 min 17 sec of totality
50 km north: 4 min 02 sec of totality
100 km north: 5 min 42 sec of totality

Distances are measured due north along this town's meridian. The path runs southeast here, so the true shortest hop is a little less: treat these as an upper bound, and plan the drive on real roads rather than a straight line. On eclipse morning every road toward the path carries everyone else's identical plan, so be in position early.

What to expect here

This page exists to prevent a specific expensive mistake. Aswan is on almost every Nile itinerary and it is outside the path of totality: the Moon covers over 99 percent of the Sun and never quite all of it. That last fraction of a percent is the entire difference between a partial eclipse and a total one, and it is not a small difference. The corona does not appear, the sky does not go dark, the stars do not come out, and eye protection must stay on for the whole event. The good news is how narrowly Aswan misses, and how cheap the fix is: the section above has the distances.

Clouds will neither save nor spoil anything here: August skies over Aswan are about as reliably clear as anywhere on Earth. The problem is geometry, and the distances above are the fix.

Frequently asked questions

Is Aswān in the path of totality on August 2, 2027?

No. Aswān is outside the path: about 99 percent of the Sun is covered at maximum and a sliver always remains, so filters stay on for the entire eclipse and the corona never appears.

What time is maximum eclipse in Aswān?

Maximum eclipse in Aswān comes at 13:08:16 GMT+3 local time (10:08:16 UTC), with about 99 percent of the Sun covered. CycleCalcs computes these times for latitude 24.091, longitude 32.899.

How far is Aswān from totality?

The nearest edge of the path of totality is about 15 km north of Aswān, and about 100 km north reaches 5 min 42 sec of totality. The section above has the full distances.

Which direction does the eclipse shadow come from in Aswān?

The shadow sweeps past Aswān from the northwest toward the southeast at about 2,350 km/h; from here the eclipse stays partial throughout.

Is the eclipse safe for children to watch?

Yes, provided filters stay on for every minute of it: in Aswān the Sun is never fully covered, so certified eclipse glasses meeting ISO 12312-2 stay on throughout, for adults and children alike.

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Checking another location

This page is computed for one set of coordinates. For anywhere else, including a specific hotel, a viewpoint or a spot out on the path, the Eclipse Explorer computes local contact times and how much of the Sun is covered for any location you give it, and the main page for this eclipse carries the global circumstances, the Saros series and the shape of the path.

These are mean-limb times. The Moon's edge is mountainous, so the exact instants totality begins and ends shift by a second or two depending on which lunar valley the last sliver of Sun drains through. That correction is smaller than the difference a short drive makes, and smaller than the error in standing somewhere other than these exact coordinates. Every figure here is a computed fact you may reuse freely; see how these were computed.

The same eclipse from other towns

Every town below is computed the same way, so the durations are directly comparable.