Total solar eclipse of 2 August 2027 in Southend-on-Sea: is it visible, and the sky above you

The real sky over Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom at 2 August 2027, 11:07 local time: 3,128 stars above the horizon, including Sirius, Capella, Rigel. 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 Southend-on-Sea the Sun stands about 49° above the horizon, toward the south-east, 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 Southend-on-Sea at that moment: a new moon, 0% lit, 49° above the horizon toward the south-east — the poster draws it where it really stood.

Brightest named stars up at that moment: Sirius, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran. Every star is a real one from the HYG catalogue, placed with the exact latitude (51.54°) and longitude (0.71°) of Southend-on-Sea. North is up and east is on the left, as when you look up.