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2027 Total Solar Eclipse Confirmed as Century’s Longest, Reaching Up to 6 Minutes 23 Seconds

NASA attributes the record length to an aphelion–perigee alignment that extends totality along a North Africa–to–Indian Ocean track.

Qué país hispano podrá ver el segundo eclipse solar total más largo del siglo, mientras EE.UU. queda fuera de la trayectoria
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Estados Unidos podrá disfrutar de un eclipse solar parcial recién en 2029 y en solo algunas ciudades
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Overview

  • Scheduled for August 2, 2027, the eclipse reaches its maximum near Luxor, Egypt, with 6 minutes 22–23 seconds of darkness reported.
  • The umbral path begins over the Atlantic, crosses Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan and Somalia, continues through Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and ends over the Indian Ocean.
  • NASA reports the lunar shadow will travel at roughly 258 km/h and cover about 2.5 million square kilometers of Earth’s surface.
  • The unusually long totality results from Earth being near aphelion, the Moon near perigee, and a near‑equatorial ground track that slows the umbra’s passage.
  • A partial eclipse on September 21, 2025 will be visible from Antarctic research stations and parts of the South Pacific, the next U.S. partial arrives January 14, 2029, and observers must use ISO 12312-2 eye protection outside totality.