Eclipse times in Safaga
- Partial eclipse begins
- 11:41:48
- Maximum eclipse
- 13:06:04
- Partial eclipse ends
- 14:26:25
- Sun covered at maximum
- 99.5%
- Sun’s height at maximum
- 80°
- Sun’s direction at maximum
- 203° (SSW)
Local time, UTC+3, for the town centre. Times can shift by a few seconds across town.
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Safaga and the path of totality
Safaga is the large white dot, outside the dark band. To see the Sun completely covered you need to be inside the band.
Where to look
The Sun will be very high, 80° above the horizon and slightly to the south-south-west, so almost any open space works, including courtyards and hotel roofs. The challenge is heat rather than the view: you will be looking almost straight up in the early afternoon, so a reclining chair and shade before and after totality make a big difference.
Where to go for totality
The nearest place to see the total eclipse from Safaga is Qena, at the Nile end of the Safaga road, with more than six minutes of totality, or Marsa Alam further south on the coast with more than five. El Quseir, about an hour south, is closer but gets only about two and a half minutes. If you can make the trip, leave the evening before: roads into the path are expected to be very busy on the morning of the eclipse.
Good questions
- Will there be a total eclipse in Safaga?
- No. Safaga is outside the path of totality. At most 99.5% of the Sun will be covered, at 13:06:04 local time (UTC+3).
- Where is the nearest place to see totality from Safaga?
- The nearest practical option is Qena, at the Nile end of the Safaga road, with more than six minutes of totality, or Marsa Alam further south on the coast with more than five. El Quseir, about an hour south, is closer but gets only about two and a half minutes.
- How dark will it get in Safaga?
- With 99.5% of the Sun covered, daylight will dim noticeably and take on a strange, flat quality, and it may feel slightly cooler. It will not get dark, the stars will not come out and the corona will stay hidden, because even a thin sliver of Sun is far brighter than the corona.
- Does 99.6% feel almost like totality?
- No. Even 0.4% of the Sun is far too bright for the corona to appear or for the sky to go dark, so you need eclipse glasses throughout. Qena, at the Nile end of the Safaga road, gets 6m 15s of real totality.