Total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 in Pretoria: is it visible, and the sky above you

The real sky over Pretoria, South Africa at 2 August 2027, 12:07 local time: 3,320 stars above the horizon, including Sirius, Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus. This is the total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027, nicknamed the eclipse of the century for its 6m23s of totality. Free to view, printable as an A3 star chart.

From Pretoria the Sun stands about 46° above the horizon, toward the north, at the instant of greatest eclipse. Totality crosses Morocco, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia, lasting up to 6m23s near Luxor; the rest of Africa, Europe, the Middle East and western and southern Asia see a partial eclipse. How much of the Sun is covered where you stand depends on your distance from that centre line, and this page does not guess a percentage. Inside the band of totality the sky darkens enough that the stars on this chart come out in the middle of the day.

The Moon was up over Pretoria at that moment: a new moon, 0% lit, 46° above the horizon toward the north — the poster draws it where it really stood.

Brightest named stars up at that moment: Sirius, Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Rigel, Procyon, Achernar. Every star is a real one from the HYG catalogue, placed with the exact latitude (-25.74°) and longitude (28.19°) of Pretoria. North is up and east is on the left, as when you look up.