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,[1] 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.[2]

Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027
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Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.2952
Magnitude0.9281
Maximum eclipse
Duration471 s (7 min 51 s)
Coordinates31°18′S 48°30′W / 31.3°S 48.5°W / -31.3; -48.5
Max. width of band282 km (175 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse16:00:48
References
Saros131 (51 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9567

The path of annularity will first pass through Chile (including the city of Castro) and Argentina (including the city of Viedma), then scraping the east coast of Uruguay (including the city of Punta del Este) 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 (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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Animated path

Eclipse details

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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.[3]

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

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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 6
Ascending node (new moon)
February 20
Descending node (full moon)
   
Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 131
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 143
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Eclipses in 2027

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Metonic

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Tzolkinex

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Half-Saros

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Tritos

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Solar Saros 131

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Inex

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Triad

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Solar eclipses of 2026–2029

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This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[4]

The partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029 and December 5, 2029 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 February 17, 2026
 
Annular
−0.97427 126 August 12, 2026
 
Total
0.89774
131 February 6, 2027
 
Annular
−0.29515 136 August 2, 2027
 
Total
0.14209
141 January 26, 2028
 
Annular
0.39014 146 July 22, 2028
 
Total
−0.60557
151 January 14, 2029
 
Partial
1.05532 156 July 11, 2029
 
Partial
−1.41908

Saros 131

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This eclipse is a part of Saros series 131, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 70 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 1, 1125. It contains total eclipses from March 27, 1522 through May 30, 1612; hybrid eclipses from June 10, 1630 through July 24, 1702; and annular eclipses from August 4, 1720 through June 18, 2243. The series ends at member 70 as a partial eclipse on September 2, 2369. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of totality was produced by member 28 at 58 seconds on May 30, 1612, and the longest duration of annularity was produced by member 50 at 7 minutes, 54 seconds on January 26, 2009. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[5]

Series members 39–60 occur between 1801 and 2200:
39 40 41
 
September 28, 1810
 
October 9, 1828
 
October 20, 1846
42 43 44
 
October 30, 1864
 
November 10, 1882
 
November 22, 1900
45 46 47
 
December 3, 1918
 
December 13, 1936
 
December 25, 1954
48 49 50
 
January 4, 1973
 
January 15, 1991
 
January 26, 2009
51 52 53
 
February 6, 2027
 
February 16, 2045
 
February 28, 2063
54 55 56
 
March 10, 2081
 
March 21, 2099
 
April 2, 2117
57 58 59
 
April 13, 2135
 
April 23, 2153
 
May 5, 2171
60
 
May 15, 2189

Metonic series

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The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

21 eclipse events between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1–2 April 19–20 February 5–7 November 24–25 September 12–13
117 119 121 123 125
 
July 1, 2000
 
April 19, 2004
 
February 7, 2008
 
November 25, 2011
 
September 13, 2015
127 129 131 133 135
 
July 2, 2019
 
April 20, 2023
 
February 6, 2027
 
November 25, 2030
 
September 12, 2034
137 139 141 143 145
 
July 2, 2038
 
April 20, 2042
 
February 5, 2046
 
November 25, 2049
 
September 12, 2053
147 149 151 153 155
 
July 1, 2057
 
April 20, 2061
 
February 5, 2065
 
November 24, 2068
 
September 12, 2072
157
 
July 1, 2076

Tritos series

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This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
October 19, 1808
(Saros 111)
 
September 19, 1819
(Saros 112)
 
August 18, 1830
(Saros 113)
 
July 18, 1841
(Saros 114)
 
June 17, 1852
(Saros 115)
 
May 17, 1863
(Saros 116)
 
April 16, 1874
(Saros 117)
 
March 16, 1885
(Saros 118)
 
February 13, 1896
(Saros 119)
 
January 14, 1907
(Saros 120)
 
December 14, 1917
(Saros 121)
 
November 12, 1928
(Saros 122)
 
October 12, 1939
(Saros 123)
 
September 12, 1950
(Saros 124)
 
August 11, 1961
(Saros 125)
 
July 10, 1972
(Saros 126)
 
June 11, 1983
(Saros 127)
 
May 10, 1994
(Saros 128)
 
April 8, 2005
(Saros 129)
 
March 9, 2016
(Saros 130)
 
February 6, 2027
(Saros 131)
 
January 5, 2038
(Saros 132)
 
December 5, 2048
(Saros 133)
 
November 5, 2059
(Saros 134)
 
October 4, 2070
(Saros 135)
 
September 3, 2081
(Saros 136)
 
August 3, 2092
(Saros 137)
 
July 4, 2103
(Saros 138)
 
June 3, 2114
(Saros 139)
 
May 3, 2125
(Saros 140)
 
April 1, 2136
(Saros 141)
 
March 2, 2147
(Saros 142)
 
January 30, 2158
(Saros 143)
 
December 29, 2168
(Saros 144)
 
November 28, 2179
(Saros 145)
 
October 29, 2190
(Saros 146)

Inex series

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This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
 
June 26, 1824
(Saros 124)
 
June 6, 1853
(Saros 125)
 
May 17, 1882
(Saros 126)
 
April 28, 1911
(Saros 127)
 
April 7, 1940
(Saros 128)
 
March 18, 1969
(Saros 129)
 
February 26, 1998
(Saros 130)
 
February 6, 2027
(Saros 131)
 
January 16, 2056
(Saros 132)
 
December 27, 2084
(Saros 133)
 
December 8, 2113
(Saros 134)
 
November 17, 2142
(Saros 135)
 
October 29, 2171
(Saros 136)
 
October 9, 2200
(Saros 137)

References

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  1. ^ "February 6, 2027 Annular Solar Eclipse". timeanddate. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Moon Distances for London, United Kingdom, England". timeanddate. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Annular Solar Eclipse of 2027 Feb 06". EclipseWise.com. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  4. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 131". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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