Total solar eclipse on 2 August 2027 in Trincomalee
Total solar eclipse — 2 August 2027 10:06 UTC
in 338 days
Summary
Trincomalee will see the Moon take a bite out of the Sun. Maximum comes at 11:30 UTC. The Sun's disc is 45%% eclipsed at maximum. At maximum the Sun is 19.4° up in the sky. The event belongs to Saros series 136. It is a reminder of how precisely the Moon and Sun line up from Earth.
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Total solar eclipse
- Date (UTC)
- 2 August 2027 — 10:06 UTC
- Saros series
- 136
- Gamma
- 0.14210
- Magnitude
- 1.0790
Local circumstances
- Local type
- Partial
- Obscuration
- 45%
- Population
- 108,420
- Maximum
- 2 August 2027 11:30 UTC