Eleven Months From Now, the Longest Total Eclipse of the Century Passes Our Doorstep
On 2 August 2027 the Moon will switch the Sun off for more than six minutes at maximum, a record nothing will beat before 2114. The band of totality crosses Gibraltar, 4 min 29 s, Malaga, Cadiz and Luxor, 6 min 25 s. Seville misses it by 71 kilometres. Paris gets 51 % of the Sun covered, Marseille 73 %. Eleven months is exactly the time you need to decide where you will stand that Monday. The file opens here.