Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027


An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Saturday, February 6, 2027, with a magnitude of 0.9281. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus. An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide. Occurring about 3.2 days after apogee, the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
The path of annularity will first pass through Chile and Argentina, then scraping the east coast of Uruguay and Brazil. The eclipse will then pass across the South Atlantic Ocean, terminating on the West African coast, where it will pass over the southeastern Ivory Coast, southern Ghana, southern Togo, southern Benin, and southwestern Nigeria. A partial eclipse will be visible in much of South America, parts of Antarctica, and much of the western half of Africa.

Images

Animated path

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.
EventTime
First Penumbral External Contact2027 February 06 at 12:58:47.0 UTC
First Umbral External Contact2027 February 06 at 14:05:05.6 UTC
First Central Line2027 February 06 at 14:08:16.3 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact2027 February 06 at 14:11:27.4 UTC
First Penumbral Internal Contact2027 February 06 at 15:24:40.4 UTC
Greatest Duration2027 February 06 at 15:43:00.4 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction2027 February 06 at 15:45:38.2 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction2027 February 06 at 15:57:16.2 UTC
Greatest Eclipse2027 February 06 at 16:00:47.7 UTC
Last Penumbral Internal Contact2027 February 06 at 16:37:18.3 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact2027 February 06 at 17:50:19.1 UTC
Last Central Line2027 February 06 at 17:53:28.3 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact2027 February 06 at 17:56:36.8 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact2027 February 06 at 19:02:50.3 UTC

ParameterValue
Eclipse Magnitude0.92811
Eclipse Obscuration0.86139
Gamma−0.29515
Sun Right Ascension21h20m17.6s
Sun Declination-15°32'54.5"
Sun Semi-Diameter16'13.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax08.9"
Moon Right Ascension21h20m44.2s
Moon Declination-15°47'36.0"
Moon Semi-Diameter14'50.2"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax0°54'27.0"
ΔT72.6 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
February 6
Ascending node
February 20
Descending node
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 131		Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 143

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2027

An annular solar eclipse on February 6.

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 131

Inex

Triad