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Plage souani

35.1977, -3.8569 · 12 m · Melilla

Eclipse 12 Aug 2026

Score 37/ 100

Eclipse visible

What the contact points (C1-C4) mean

A solar eclipse is described by four key moments, the contact points between the discs of the Sun and the Moon:

C1First contact: the Moon touches the edge of the Sun and the partial eclipse begins.
C2Second contact: the Moon fully covers the Sun and totality begins.
C3Third contact: the Sun reappears and totality ends.
C4Fourth contact: the Moon leaves the Sun's disc and the eclipse ends.

Where the eclipse is only partial, the Moon never fully covers the Sun: only C1 and C4 occur, with no totality in between.

Eclipse 2 Aug 2027

Score 100/ 100

Full totality visible

The Sun will be 37-41° high, so terrain almost never blocks it: what decides is being inside the path, not the viewpoint's horizon.

Eclipse 26 Jan 2028

Score 43/ 100

Eclipse visible

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Times in CEST local time

Oriented as seen with the naked eye, zenith up (official ephemerides usually draw it with celestial north up, rotated with respect to this).

Phases shown in red aren't observable: they happen while the Sun is below the horizon.

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