Overview
- NASA confirms a maximum totality of up to 6 minutes 22 seconds for the event, a rare duration driven by the Moon’s proximity to perigee.
- The band of totality is about 258 kilometers wide and spans roughly 15,227 kilometers across Earth, covering an area near 2.5 million square kilometers.
- Mapping data indicate the path will cross parts of southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, including Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia.
- Local reporting highlights Luxor, Egypt, near the Valley of the Kings, as a prime viewing site with near‑maximum totality and very high odds of clear skies, though temperatures may exceed 40°C.
- Desert locations offer better viewing reliability than many European sites that face summer cloud risk, and media label the eclipse a once‑in‑a‑generation spectacle comparable to 1991 with a similar length not expected until around 2114.