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 (ring). 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 (on February 3, 2027, at 13:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.

The path of annularity will first pass through Chile (including the city of Castro and the island Melinka) and Argentina (including the city of Viedma), then scraping the east coast of Uruguay (including the city of Punta del Este) and Brazil (including the city of Santa Vitória do Palmar). 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 (including the city of Abidjan), southern Ghana (including the capital Accra), southern Togo (including the capital Lomé), southern Benin (including Cotonou and the capital Porto-Novo), and southwestern Nigeria (including Lagos). A partial eclipse will be visible in much of South America, parts of Antarctica, and much of the western half of Africa.

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Eclipse timing Places experiencing annular eclipse Solar Eclipse of February 6, 2027(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseStart of annular eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of annular eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of annularity (min:s)Duration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverageSanta Vitória do Palmar10:57:2412:42:0312:44:1912:46:3514:26:234:323:2886.25% Esquel 10:23:08 11:52:33 11:56:18 12:00:03 13:36:04 7:30 3:13 85.78% Viedma 10:34:47 12:09:58 12:13:33 12:17:08 13:55:01 7:10 3:20 86.01% Bahía Blanca 10:36:35 12:15:17 12:17:25 12:19:33 14:00:19 4:16 3:24 86.07% Tandil 10:42:46 12:23:23 12:25:51 12:28:18 14:08:48 4:55 3:26 86.14% Mar del Plata 10:45:16 12:24:20 12:28:09 12:31:57 14:10:07 7:37 3:25 86.15% Punta del Este 10:52:52 12:36:03 12:38:46 12:41:29 14:21:11 5:26 3:28 86.23% Maldonado 10:52:52 12:36:12 12:38:46 12:41:21 14:21:13 5:09 3:28 86.23% Rocha 10:54:34 12:38:20 12:40:52 12:43:25 14:23:10 5:05 3:29 86.24% Ibadan 17:45:01 18:51:00 18:51:25 18:53:40 18:53:40 (sunset) 2:40 1:09 83.77% Cape Coast 16:40:53 17:49:19 17:52:08 17:54:57 18:16:47 (sunset) 5:38 1:36 84.02% Accra 16:41:49 17:49:39 17:52:24 17:55:10 18:12:09 (sunset) 5:31 1:30 83.96% Abidjan 16:39:46 17:51:47 17:52:29 17:53:11 18:27:40 (sunset) 1:24 1:48 84.13% Lagos 17:43:59 18:49:45 18:52:33 18:55:21 18:56:56 (sunset) 5:36 1:13 83.79% Cotonou 17:43:38 18:49:57 18:52:40 18:55:23 19:00:40 (sunset) 5:26 1:17 83.83% Lomé 16:42:58 17:50:02 17:52:41 17:55:20 18:05:48 (sunset) 5:18 1:23 83.89% Porto-Novo 17:43:48 18:50:03 18:52:44 18:55:24 18:59:48 (sunset) 5:21 1:16 83.82% Abeokuta 17:44:40 18:50:53 18:53:05 18:55:17 18:56:08 (sunset) 4:24 1:11 83.78% Bohicon 17:44:19 18:51:58 18:53:21 18:54:46 19:01:14 (sunset) 2:48 1:17 83.83%References:

Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of February 6, 2027(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Santiago 10:26:43 12:04:26 13:49:10 3:22 61.55% Stanley 10:47:10 12:13:16 13:40:16 2:53 53.48% Buenos Aires 10:46:25 12:31:48 14:15:45 3:29 81.94% Montevideo 10:50:23 12:36:07 14:19:07 3:29 85.71% Asunción 11:03:40 12:52:38 14:35:35 3:32 58.15%Arraial do Cabo11:43:1113:31:3415:06:123:2386.15% Rio de Janeiro 11:40:27 13:29:29 15:04:56 3:24 84.21% Kinshasa 17:39:04 18:18:50 18:21:05 (sunset) 0:42 37.87% Yaoundé 17:43:34 18:24:52 18:27:06 (sunset) 0:44 47.28% Luanda 17:35:58 18:32:09 18:34:31 (sunset) 0:59 41.84% Georgetown 16:11:13 17:33:39 18:44:39 2:33 73.83% Abuja 17:47:11 18:35:11 18:37:27 (sunset) 0:50 58.09% Malabo 17:43:01 18:35:58 18:38:12 (sunset) 0:55 64.81% Libreville 17:40:38 18:37:00 18:39:14 (sunset) 0:59 63.86% Benin City 17:44:28 18:45:11 18:47:56 (sunset) 1:03 79.22% São Tomé 16:39:42 17:46:35 17:50:12 (sunset) 1:11 71.00% Niamey 17:51:00 18:51:32 18:53:50 (sunset) 1:03 64.67% Monrovia 16:37:10 17:53:02 18:53:42 (sunset) 2:17 75.31% Kumasi 16:42:30 17:53:30 18:16:31 (sunset) 1:34 83.32% Atakpamé 16:44:24 17:53:47 18:04:36 (sunset) 1:20 83.28% Yamoussoukro 16:41:00 17:53:49 18:31:01 (sunset) 1:50 79.99% Savè 17:45:18 18:53:54 18:58:36 (sunset) 1:13 83.01% Parakou 17:46:40 18:54:17 18:56:33 (sunset) 1:10 79.78% Freetown 16:39:10 17:54:42 19:00:47 2:22 65.98% Sokodé 16:45:56 17:54:51 18:02:54 (sunset) 1:17 79.66% Conakry 16:40:37 17:55:32 19:01:10 2:21 62.38% Bissau 16:43:53 17:57:12 19:01:38 2:23 53.10% Ouagadougou 16:49:09 17:57:21 18:09:43 (sunset) 1:21 67.18% Banjul 16:46:30 17:58:15 19:01:32 2:15 47.25% Bamako 16:47:53 17:58:19 18:35:17 (sunset) 1:47 59.87% Dakar 16:48:39 17:59:00 19:01:12 2:13 42.69%References:

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.

+February 6, 2027 Solar Eclipse Times Event Time (UTC) First Penumbral External Contact 2027 February 06 at 12:58:47.0 UTC First Umbral External Contact 2027 February 06 at 14:05:05.6 UTC First Central Line 2027 February 06 at 14:08:16.3 UTC First Umbral Internal Contact 2027 February 06 at 14:11:27.4 UTC First Penumbral Internal Contact 2027 February 06 at 15:24:40.4 UTC Greatest Duration 2027 February 06 at 15:43:00.4 UTC Equatorial Conjunction 2027 February 06 at 15:45:38.2 UTC Ecliptic Conjunction 2027 February 06 at 15:57:16.2 UTC Greatest Eclipse 2027 February 06 at 16:00:47.7 UTC Last Penumbral Internal Contact 2027 February 06 at 16:37:18.3 UTC Last Umbral Internal Contact 2027 February 06 at 17:50:19.1 UTC Last Central Line 2027 February 06 at 17:53:28.3 UTC Last Umbral External Contact 2027 February 06 at 17:56:36.8 UTC Last Penumbral External Contact 2027 February 06 at 19:02:50.3 UTC

+February 6, 2027 Solar Eclipse Parameters Parameter Value Eclipse Magnitude 0.92811 Eclipse Obscuration 0.86139 Gamma −0.29515 Sun Right Ascension 21h20m17.6s Sun Declination -15°32'54.5" Sun Semi-Diameter 16'13.1" Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9" Moon Right Ascension 21h20m44.2s Moon Declination -15°47'36.0" Moon Semi-Diameter 14'50.2" Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°54'27.0" ΔT 72.6 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) 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.

+ Eclipse season of February 2027 February 6Ascending node (new moon) February 20Descending node (full moon) Annular solar eclipseSolar Saros 131 Penumbral lunar eclipseLunar Saros 143

Related eclipses Eclipses in 2027 An annular solar eclipse on February 6. A penumbral lunar eclipse on February 20. A penumbral lunar eclipse on July 18. A total solar eclipse on August 2. A penumbral lunar eclipse on August 17.

Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023 Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 25, 2030

Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019 Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2034

Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 31, 2018 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2036

Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 5, 2038

Solar Saros 131 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 26, 2009 Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 16, 2045

Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 26, 1998 Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2056

Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 7, 1940 Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 8, 2113

Solar eclipses of 2026–2029

Saros 131

Metonic series

Tritos series

Inex series

References

External links http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEplot/SEplot2001/SE2027Feb06A.GIF