--- title: 5 of the Best Places to See July 27 Total Lunar Eclipse description: The longest total lunar eclipse, which is happening on July 27, will be visible to most of the world. 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While the 2018 lunar eclipse won’t be visible from the U.S., places all around the world — including the Middle East and Greece — will be in prime locations to see the celestial event. After searching for areas that are projected to have the clearest skies and longest window of time to see the [entire four-hour eclipse](https://time.com/5328804/july-2018-lunar-eclipse-date/), TIME compiled a list of the best places to see the July 27 total lunar eclipse. ## Cairo, Egypt People in Cairo will be able to see the entire lunar eclipse — and it’s likely that there won’t be any clouds in the area to block views of the celestial event, according to [The Weather Channel](https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/Cairo+Egypt+EGXX0004:1:EG). The total eclipse will start at 9:30 p.m. local time on July 27 and will stay completely red until 11:30 p.m. local time. There will also be some opportunities to capture Instagram-worthy photos of the moon over the Great Pyramid of Giza or the Cairo Citadel during the eclipse.  A picture taken on December 6, 2017 shows a view of the pyramid of Khafre on the Giza Plateau. MOHAMED EL-SHAHED—AFP/Getty Images ## Limassol, Cyprus The popular open air Promenade Park in the coastal city of Limassol will offer uninhibited views of the 2018 lunar eclipse. Head to the Ancient Tombs or the Limassol Castle, which was built in 1191, for some good photo opportunities. The totality will start at 10:30 p.m. local time and end 12:30 a.m. on July 27.  PROTARAS, CYPRUS - APRIL 27: Fig Tree Beach on April 27, 2016 in Protaras, Cyprus. Athanasios Gioumpasis—Getty Images ## Santorini, Greece While the island of Santorini does not fall within the area that can see every phase of the lunar eclipse, you will be able to see all of the moon move into totality and all of the totality itself, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. and end at 12:13 a.m. on Friday, July 27.  Tourists watching the sunset in Oia, the most famous of all villages of Santorini. Barry Lewis—Corbis via Getty Images ## Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai has many beautiful seaside areas including the Kite Beach, or the man-made Palm Island. While the beaches are great places to go in the day, you might want to head inland for the 2018 lunar eclipse, as it is less likely to be cloudy. The places most likely to be the clearest on July 27 are away from the shoreline. The Jumeirah Village Circle or the Dubai Miracle Gardens could make good spots to camp out during the eclipse. Dubai is also known for its very tall buildings, so it may be good to book a hotel room on a particularly high floor during the eclipse. You will be able to view the whole eclipse, with the totality beginning at 11:30 p.m. and ending at 1:13 a.m. local time.  he Majlis Course with the skyline of the Dubai Marina behind at The Emirates Golf Club on January 31, 2018. David Cannon—Getty Images T ## Harare, Zimbabwe  A man crosses a street as people drive back home during an evening rush hour on November 15, 2017 in Harare, Zimbabwe. AFP/Getty Images Some people may be able to watch the lunar eclipse surrounded by giraffes and zebras in Zimbabwe’s Matobo National Park. The totality will be visible from 9:30 p.m. and end 11:13 p.m. local time in Zimbabwe on July 27. ## Transcript [00:00] [ MUSIC ] On [00:08] July 27 almost every part of the world Europe, Asia, [00:12] Australia, Africa, South America even Antarctica will [00:16] be treated to the longest total lunar eclipse And [00:19] roughly a 100 years. During this time, the usually [00:22] silvery moon will turn a blood red. A lunar eclipse [00:25] occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and the [00:28] moon casting a shadow across the entire lunar disks. [00:32] The moon is not blooded out completely, but instead [00:34] turns a deep red. Sometimes called a blood moon. As [00:38] the Sun streams through Earth's atmosphere, allowing [00:40] only the red wavelengths to pass. To learn more about [00:43] the science of eclipses and why this one is special, [00:46] Time editor at large, Jeffrey Kluger, spoke with [00:48] American Museum of Natural Histories research [00:51] associate, Emily Rice. Last summer, the United [00:55] States was treated to a rare solar eclipse. This summer [01:00] almost every other part of the world except the U. S. [01:03] will be treated to a lunar eclipse lasting up to one hour [01:07] and 43 minutes. A lunar eclipse is what happens. This [01:11] is when the Earth blocks out the light from the sun that [01:14] would normally be reflected off the full moon and that [01:16] creates a total lunar eclipse. When all of the illuminated [01:19] part of the moon is blocked by the Earth's shadow. [01:22] When it's the Earth doing the blocking, the Earth has an [01:24] atmosphere and so actually what we see is some of the [01:27] red light that's kind of scattered through the Earth's [01:30] atmosphere that still makes it into the shadow creating [01:34] that red effect on the surface of the moon. [ MUSIC ] [01:38] And if the sun were just a little bit bigger where the [01:40] moon a bit farther away total solar eclipses may never [01:43] occur, but they do and it's the reason eclipses are [01:46] refered to as celestial phenomenon. The earth shadow [01:50] is always there. But the earth shadow is always exactly [01:53] on the ecliptic and the moon is usually a little bit above [01:56] and below the ecliptic. And so they have to be exactly [01:59] lined up in other for a total lunar eclipse to happen. [02:02] What is significant in particular about this year. This [02:05] eclipse This one is actually one of the longer lunar [02:07] eclipses that we're ever going to be able to see. And [02:09] that's really because the moon is going to be going [02:11] really along the ecliptic and through the widest part of [02:15] the world's shadow. The full moon will spend a longer [02:17] time in that total phase of the eclipse and that will be [02:21] very interesting. So this eclipse is not going to be [02:23] visible for any of North America. The best places are [02:27] going to be eastern South America. And then Western [02:30] Europe Western Africa, and that's because this eclipse [02:33] will be visible at moonrise in these areas. So at sunset. [02:39] Those lucky enough to catch this years eclipse could [02:41] also get a glimpse of Mars and the Milky Way. Sadly by [02:45] the time night falls in North America and the moon [02:48] rises here, the eclipse will already have end. but as [02:51] 2018's If you can still catch the astrological marvel on [02:54] a live webcast and while there are usually two to or [02:57] three lunar eclipses in a given year it's hard not to be [03:00] in awe of the wonder that proved Einstein's theory of [03:03] relativity. 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