Overview
- The path of totality will cross Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia within a corridor roughly 258 km wide spanning more than 15,000 km and about 2.5 million km².
- Outside this narrow track, a partial eclipse will be visible across broad areas of Europe, Africa and southern Asia.
- Maximum darkness will be reached south of Luxor, Egypt, where totality approaches about 6 minutes 22 seconds.
- In Europe, only the far south of Spain enters totality, with Cádiz and Málaga expected to see roughly 2 minutes 55 seconds and 1 minute 53 seconds respectively.
- Specialists refute social‑media claims of a global blackout, and a separate NASA study projects an even longer total solar eclipse on July 16, 2186.