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Mahdia
A seaside town near the northern limit of the path, with less than three minutes of totality in the old town.
The eclipse at this site
Total eclipse Totality is visible from this location.
- Duration of totality
- 2 min 45 s
- Magnitude
- 1.005
- Obscuration
- 100%
- Distance to the nearest limit of totality
- 16 km
| Event | Tunisian time (UTC+1) | Sun position |
|---|---|---|
| Partial eclipse begins (C1) | 08:56:58 | 41° / 97° |
| Totality begins (C2) | 10:10:34 | 56° / 113° |
| Maximum eclipse | 10:11:56 | 56° / 113° |
| Totality ends (C3) | 10:13:19 | 56° / 113° |
| Partial eclipse ends (C4) | 11:31:39 | 69° / 145° |
About the destination
Mahdia, the former Fatimid capital, stands on a peninsula with beaches and a hotel zone. Totality is short here because the town is close to the northern limit; the coast towards Chebba, further south, gets much longer totality.
Access and transport
Light rail (Métro du Sahel) from Monastir and Sousse; nearest airport: Monastir.
Nearby
Skifa el Kahla gate and Fatimid medina; Chebba and Ksour Essaf coast to the south.
Climate at the time of the eclipse
Over 2000–2024, at 10:00 between 26 July and 9 August: mean cloud cover 5%, clear sky on 88% of mornings, mean temperature 31 °C. Climate statistics, not a forecast. Weather