The event
The total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 carries a maximum totality of 6 minutes 23 seconds — measured near Luxor, Egypt — making it the longest land totality of the century. For a few minutes along a narrow band, the Sun’s corona becomes visible in a darkened daytime sky. Outside that band the eclipse is partial; inside it, total.
The path
The path of totality makes landfall in southern Spain, crosses the Strait of Gibraltar into Morocco, and runs east through Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya before reaching Luxor — the point of greatest duration — and continuing over the Red Sea into the Arabian Peninsula. The poster traces this band end to end.
Why a map, not an illustration
The band is accurate, not decorative: it follows the real path of totality end to end, at the scale and geography it actually takes. The result reads as a document — the band, the centerline, the coastlines it crosses, and the duration each point along it will see.
The poster
Matte, made to order. 12×16 from $32.00, 18×24 at $48.00. Printed and shipped per order; see the product page for finish, paper, and ship-time.
Plan by it, keep it after
Eclipse trips are planned years out. The map works first as a planning object — where the band falls, where totality runs longest — and after the event as a record of where you stood.
Questions
- When is the 2027 total solar eclipse?
- Monday, 2 August 2027.
- Where is the path of totality?
- A band from southern Spain across North Africa — Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt — and on into the Arabian Peninsula. Greatest duration is near Luxor, Egypt.
- How long is totality?
- Up to 6 minutes 23 seconds at the point of maximum — the longest total solar eclipse on land until 2114.
- What sizes does the poster come in?
- Two matte sizes, 12×16 and 18×24, made to order.