Luxor Temple · Sandip Roy / Unsplash
2 August 2027 · Luxor, Egypt
Six minutes of night, at noon
The moon's shadow lingers over these temples longer than anywhere on earth. Press play and watch the desert go dark.
Why the shadow favors Luxor
Of every place the umbra touches on 2 August 2027, this stretch of the Nile holds it longest — and under the clearest sky.6m 22sTotality
Within a breath of the theoretical maximum. No total eclipse over land lasts longer between 1991 and 2114 — most run under three minutes.
83°Sun altitude
The sun stands almost directly overhead, so the shadow drops straight down and the horizon burns amber in every direction at once.
0 mmAugust rainfall
Upper Egypt in August is the driest, most cloud-free ground on the entire path. Eclipse chasers plan decades around odds like these.
4,000 yrsOf watching
Karnak's columns have stood through a hundred eclipses. You watch this one from Qena, downriver, where the shadow lingers just as long — and from the water.
See the 2027 Nile voyagesTimes shown are approximate local time (EEST) for Luxor and will be refined closer to the day.
