Mon 2 Aug 2027 · Asia/Riyadh (UTC+3)
Eclipse 2027 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
76%of the Sun covered at maximum, 13:32:22 local time
Riyadh is outside the path of totality. The Moon never covers the whole disc from here, so no corona is visible at any point — it is a partial eclipse from first contact to last.
Obscuration
76%
Magnitude
0.796
Sun altitude at max
67°
Maximum at
13:32:22
Magnitude is the fraction of the Sun's diameter the Moon covers; obscuration is the fraction of the Sun's area hidden. Near this path magnitude barely changes city to city, so the numbers that actually tell you what you'll see are duration (in the path) and obscuration (a partial).
Contact times in Riyadh
Local times are Asia/Riyadh (UTC+3 on 2 August 2027), converted from the app's fixed UTC instants with the IANA time zone database, release 2026c. The UTC instant is printed beside each one.
12:13:2809:13:28 UTC
Partial begins (C1)
The Moon first touches the Sun's edge. The partial phase starts — glasses on.
13:32:2210:32:22 UTC
Maximum eclipse (Max)
Greatest coverage for your location — deepest partial, or the middle of totality.
14:44:4511:44:45 UTC
Partial ends (C4)
The Moon leaves the Sun's disc. The eclipse is over.
There is no second or third contact here — those two are the edges of totality. The sequence runs first contact, maximum, last contact.
When it is safe to look
Never look at the partially eclipsed Sun without certified solar-viewing filters — eclipse glasses that meet the ISO 12312-2 standard, or a safe solar telescope/camera filter. Ordinary sunglasses are not safe. Looking through binoculars, a telescope or a camera without a proper solar filter can cause permanent eye injury in an instant.
Where these numbers come from
Contact times, magnitudes, obscurations and Sun altitudes are computed from the official NASA/GSFC Besselian elements for this eclipse (Fred Espenak) and cross-checked against independent published predictions; they agree to within a few seconds. Times shown are converted from fixed UTC instants into each city's local time. “Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC.” This is a reference and planning tool — verify critical timings independently before travelling.
NASA/GSFC Besselian elements · Espenak · ΔT 71.7 s bridges UT and TDT (greatest eclipse 10:06:38 UT, not the 10:07:49 TDT some sources quote) · agrees with independent predictions within a few seconds.
Every figure on this page is lifted from Eclipse 2027: Local Times’s own shipped table by a script, and a test re-reads the app’s source to prove each one before this page deploys. Nothing here was written for the web.