# Total Solar Eclipse of August 2, 2027

Totality lasts up to 6 minutes 23 seconds over Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, making it one of the longest eclipses of the century, but only a shallow partial bite of the Sun is visible from far eastern Canada and Maine.

**Date:** 2027-08-02
**Type:** solar-eclipse
**Visibility:** Only a small partial eclipse reaches North America, visible from the extreme eastern tip of Maine, far eastern Quebec and Canada's Atlantic Provinces; totality itself crosses North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
Totality lasts up to 6 minutes 23 seconds over Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, making it one of the longest eclipses of the century, but only a shallow partial bite of the Sun is visible from far eastern Canada and Maine.

**Best viewing tip:** If you are in Maine's Bold Coast or Canada's Atlantic Provinces, look for a small notch taken out of the Sun near sunrise; everyone else in North America will see nothing.

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