Marsa Alam in Path of 2027 Total Solar Eclipse
The August 2, 2027 total eclipse will bring more than five minutes of daytime darkness to Marsa Alam — the longest totality on accessible land until 2114.
30 July 2026
Marsa Alam lies squarely in the path of the total solar eclipse of August 2, 2027 — an event astronomy tracker TheSkyLive already covers with a dedicated viewing page for the town.
The path of totality will sweep across Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, according to National Eclipse, with the maximum duration of totality reaching 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
That maximum falls over southern Egypt. Eclipse data compiled on Wikipedia places the longest darkness roughly 60 kilometres southeast of Luxor, where totality runs from about 13:02 to 13:08 local time and lasts around 6 minutes 22 seconds. The same entry ranks it the second-longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, with nothing longer on easily accessible land until June 3, 2114.
On the Red Sea coast, eclipse tour operator Beluga Reisen calculates totality lasting between 5 minutes 12 seconds just north of Marsa Alam and 6 minutes 20 seconds near Berenice further south — meaning Marsa Alam itself can expect more than five minutes of early-afternoon darkness.
The weather odds look strong too: Beluga Reisen puts the statistical probability of cloud-free skies over Egypt in August at about 82 percent.
Areas outside the path of totality will see only a partial eclipse, and National Eclipse stresses that certified eclipse glasses are required at all times during the partial phases.