{"id":278020,"date":"2025-07-20T18:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278020\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T18:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T18:36:11","slug":"solar-eclipse-on-august-2-will-it-be-visible-in-india-full-list-of-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278020\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Eclipse on August 2: Will it be visible in India? Full list of cities"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SolarOn August 2, 2027, a remarkable solar eclipse, dubbed the “Great North African Eclipse,” will occur, lasting nearly six minutes. The path of totality will traverse parts of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, bringing total darkness to cities within Morocco, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. While India won’t experience totality, a partial eclipse will be visible. A solar eclipse is one of those marvelous phenomena of nature that make us witness moments that can’t be seen on usual sunny days. But there\u2019s something hauntingly beautiful about a total solar eclipse, especially the one that turns day into night, casting a deep, otherworldly darkness over the land.For a few rare minutes, the world pauses as the Moon completely covers the face of the Sun, silencing birds, cooling the air, and making the sky feel like twilight. The Sun\u2019s glowing corona seems to be no less than a faint bright ring, and its outer atmosphere becomes visible, forming a halo of light that\u2019s invisible under normal conditions.\"Total<\/p>\n

When does a total solar eclipse happen?<\/p>\n

When the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, it casts a shadow on the Sun\u2019s surface at an angle such that the Sun looks completely covered by the Moon when seen from the Earth. This cosmic dance of the celestial bodies leads to a Total Solar eclipse.<\/p>\n

When will the eclipse take place?<\/p>\n

On August 2, 2027, the world will witness one such outstanding event. But this isn\u2019t just any eclipse; it\u2019s being called the \u201cGreat North African Eclipse\u201d, and it\u2019s expected to last nearly six minutes, making it one of the longest solar eclipses in modern times.Millions of people will be directly under the Moon\u2019s shadow, experiencing total darkness in the middle of the day. For some, this will be their only chance to see such a long-lasting total solar eclipse in their lifetime.\"Total<\/p>\n

What makes this eclipse so extraordinary?<\/p>\n

This eclipse is special because of it\u2019s rare cosmic alignment. The Earth will be at aphelion, or its farthest point from the Sun, making the Sun appear slightly smaller in the sky. At the same time, the Moon will be at perigee, its closest point to Earth, making it appear larger. This combination allows the Moon to block the Sun for a longer period than usual.<\/p>\n

What cities can witness it?<\/p>\n

This eclipse will be over parts of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, plunging several cities into total darkness for nearly six minutes. According to Space.com, this duration makes it the longest solar eclipse visible from land until the year 2114.The path of totality will begin in the Atlantic Ocean, cross through southern Spain and Gibraltar, then move across North Africa, covering countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. From there, it will pass through the Red Sea and enter Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and parts of Somalia. Luxor in Egypt is expected to witness the longest total eclipse duration, over six minutes of complete darkness.Will the eclipse be visible in India?
Unfortunately, India won\u2019t be in the path of totality. However, a partial eclipse will still be visible across most Indian cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata. According to TimeandDate.com, people in India can expect to see the eclipse around 4:30 PM IST, with the partial phase lasting until sunset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On August 2, 2027, a remarkable solar eclipse, dubbed the “Great North African Eclipse,” will occur, lasting nearly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[104826,104824,104825,70,104822,413,104823,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-278020","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-cities-visible-solar-eclipse","9":"tag-eclipse-visibility-india","10":"tag-great-north-african-eclipse","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-solar-eclipse-august-2-2027","13":"tag-space","14":"tag-total-solar-eclipse-india","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114887014493317170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}