- Partial eclipse in all of Europe and mid -Africa to India and Indonesia
- The 13 eclipse on Makkah Al -Mukarramah until the year 2100 are parties
- The necessity of booking travel tickets to Mecca and hotels to see this majestic event
Professor of Applied Physics at the Arab Gulf University, Wahib Al -Nasser, said that a complete eclipse in Makkah will take place, God willing, on Monday, August 2, 2027 AD, corresponding to 29 Safar 1449 AH, and it begins before the date of noon prayer 12:27 pm from 12:01 pm, and it ends at 2:44 pm, that is, before the date of the afternoon prayer 3:46 pm, and the climax At noon until 1:29 pm “for 5 minutes”, where the sun will be in Cancer, and not the lion tower- as is customary- as it was true 2000 years ago, according to Ptolemy’s classification.
This eclipse is large and deep; It extends from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, heading east and passing through Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and all the Arab Gulf states and North African countries will witness “regions in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen” while other regions are partially eclipse “such as Bahrain, 62%, Qatar, the Emirates, Kuwait, the Sultanate of Oman, Iraq and Iran”.
He noted that the eclipse will require the use of eclipse monitoring glasses in them using special filters to see it, and it will not be distinguished by the naked eye unless it exceeds 90%, and it ends in the Pacific Ocean between Australia and Abyssinia, and this means that the length of the path that the moon shadow will cross on the surface of the Earth “the total eclipse” is 15,227 km, and this tape width 258 km covering an area of 3.9 million square kilometers.
He added: With the beginning of the eclipse “at 12:01 pm” the sun will be at an altitude of 83 ° and 120 ° C, and at the peak – the most blocking of the sun disk “at 1:26 pm”, the sun is at an altitude of 76 ° and the direction of 258 ° And 43 minutes, the sun and the moon have moved 150 °, and the two trees decreased a header of 26 ° C.
Al -Nasser pointed out that this unique event will be an opportunity to arrange for Umrah’s performance on this date to see this eclipse after or after Umrah performing; The sky of Makkah turned into complete darkness for a period of 5 minutes, which is recently, which is an opportunity for students of science in Saudi Arabia, the Arab Gulf states and Islamic countries to conduct scientific experiences, and the arrangement of Hajj affairs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to prepare screens in the campus, to display the movement of the sun, moment by moment, to dispense with the public to intrude by following the sun with their eyes, as the eclipse does not notice with the naked eye «without special glasses to monitor the eclipse), except when the eclipse arrives For the sun to 90%.
After this total eclipse, 13 eclipse of the sun will be in Makkah Al -Mukarramah, all of which are parties in the following dates: May 21, 2031 “by 28%” and March 20, 2034 “by 89%”, on April 30, 2041, May 31, 2049, November 25, 2049, September 12, 2053 “deep partial”, November 5, 2059, and April 30, 2060 “42%”, January 27, 2074, and September 3, 2083 “It is a complete eclipse in Bahrain and Qatar for 2 minutes.”
