Will I see the 2027 solar eclipse in Larache?
Yes, totality
The Moon covers the Sun completely for 4 min 18 s, from 09:44:20 to 09:48:38 local time. The Sun will be 38° up in the east.
Minute by minute
Local time in Larache (UTC+1). The light fades for over an hour before totality; the last minutes go fast.
- 08:40:02StartsThe Moon touches the Sun
- 09:44:20TotalityDarkness, corona, stars
- 09:46:29Mid-totality
- 09:48:38Totality endsGlasses back on
- 10:59:49EndsThe Sun is whole again
Will the Sun be clear at 09:46?
Close to a coin flip. Around 09:46 from 21 July to 14 August, the sky over Larache is on average 50% free of cloud: roughly the chance that the Sun is clear when the eclipse peaks.
2 August around 09:46, every year since 2006
- 062006: cloudy
- 072007: cloudy
- 082008: clear
- 092009: cloudy
- 102010: some cloud
- 112011: cloudy
- 122012: cloudy
- 132013: cloudy
- 142014: cloudy
- 152015: clear
- 162016: some cloud
- 172017: some cloud
- 182018: some cloud
- 192019: some cloud
- 202020: no report
- 212021: some cloud
- 222022: no report
- 232023: some cloud
- 242024: no report
- 252025: no report
Clear or nearly clear in 2 of 16 years on the day itself (Tangier airport weather reports). One day is luck; the 50% 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.
Longer or clearer nearby
Towns within 160 km of Larache with longer totality or a clearer record.
Tarifa
4m 39sZahara de los Atunes
4m 24sBarbate
4m 16sAlgeciras
4m 27sStaying in Larache
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.
Larache eclipse: questions
It starts at 08:40 and ends at 10:59 local time (UTC+1). Totality runs from 09:44:20 to 09:48:38.
4 min 18 s. Larache is inside the path; Tarifa (105 km) gets 4 min 39 s.
Nobody can know that until about a week before. From history: around 09:46 in late July and early August, the sky over Larache is on average 50% free of cloud, so roughly a 50% 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 38° above the horizon in the east, 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 4 min 18 s of totality you can look without them.