A historic total solar eclipse is expected to occur on August 2, 2027.,The eclipse will be visible in parts of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, with a partial view possible in northern parts of the U.S.A historic total solar eclipse is set to take place on August 2, 2027. According to NASA, it could last up to 6 minutes and 23 seconds, making it one of the longest in recent memory and the longest in decades. Comparatively, the solar eclipse of 1991 lasted 6 minutes and 53 seconds, while the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, lasted 4 minutes and 28 seconds at its peak. The Aug. 2, 2027, eclipse is projected to be the longest eclipse totality until 2114. The eclipse will primarily be visible in parts of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the U.S. will not have a view of this specific event. For those in the U.S. missing out, another solar eclipse is slated for August 12, 2026, which will be visible in Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia, and parts of Portugal, according to NASA. The path of totality for the Aug. 2, 2027, solar eclipse is expected to cross over parts of Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Gibraltar, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia. Other countries in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East are also expected to have a partial view. A partial solar eclipse may be visible in parts of Maine between 5:14 and 5:19 a.m. ET on Aug. 2, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A historic total solar eclipse is expected to occur on August 2, 2027.,The eclipse will be visible in parts of Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, with a partial view possible in northern parts of the U.S.A historic total solar eclipse is set to take place on August 2, 2027. According to NASA, it could…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/941\/revisions\/943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/post01.exeyezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}