Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Qena?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 6 min 11 s, from 13:01:32 to 13:07:43 local time. The Sun will be 81° up in the south.
Minute by minute
Local time in Qena (EEST). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 11:39:50StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 13:01:32TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 13:04:38Mid-totality
- 13:07:43Totality endsGlasses back on
- 14:25:46EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 13:04?
A clear view is very likely. Around 13:04 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Qena is on average 99% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks.
2 August around 13:04, every year since 2006
- 062006: clear
- 072007: clear
- 082008: clear
- 092009: clear
- 102010: clear
- 112011: clear
- 122012: clear
- 132013: clear
- 142014: clear
- 152015: clear
- 162016: clear
- 172017: clear
- 182018: clear
- 192019: clear
- 202020: no report
- 212021: clear
- 222022: clear
- 232023: no report
- 242024: no report
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 16 of 16 years on the day itself (Luxor airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 99% above averages every day from 21 July to 14 August. How: NASA POWER hourly cloud data (2001–2025), corrected to match the weather reports of the 66 airports we checked (NOAA ISD, 2006–2025); NASA alone was up to 20 points too sunny along the Strait of Gibraltar. A real forecast exists about a week before: we'll add it here.
Staying in Qena
Rooms in the path go first: book now with free cancellation, then check the forecast a week before. If clouds threaten, a car lets you move along the path.
Keep your eyes safe
Look at the Sun only through eclipse glasses or a solar viewer made to ISO 12312-2. Sunglasses are not enough, even at 99%.
Once the last bead of sunlight disappears, take the glasses off and look. Put them back on the moment the Sun's edge reappears.
Never point binoculars, a telescope or a camera lens at the partial Sun without a solar filter on the front.
Qena eclipse: questions
It starts at 11:39 and ends at 14:25 local time (EEST). Totality runs from 13:01:32 to 13:07:43.
6 min 11 s. Qena is close to the centre line, so that is near the maximum for this part of the path.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 13:04 in late July and early August, the sky over Qena is on average 99% free of cloud, so roughly a 99% chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks. That is NASA satellite-based cloud data corrected with nearby airports' weather reports.
The Sun will be 81° above the horizon in the south, so pick a spot with an open view that way: a beach, a rooftop terrace or a hill. At that height buildings rarely get in the way.
Yes, for everything except totality itself. Use glasses or viewers made to ISO 12312-2. During the 6 min 11 s of totality you can look without them.