Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027

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Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027
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Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma −0.2952
Magnitude 0.9281
Maximum eclipse
Duration471 s (7 min 51 s)
Coordinates 31°18′S48°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
Saros 131 (51 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000) 9567

An annular solar eclipse will occur on Saturday, February 6, 2027. 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.

Contents

On February 6, 2027, the path of annularity will first pass through South America, visiting cities such as Castro, Chile, Viedma, Argentina and Punta del Este, Uruguay. The eclipse will then pass across the South Atlantic Ocean, terminating on the West African coast, where it will also serve cities such as Abidjan, Ivory Coast; Accra, Ghana; Lomé, Togo; Cotonou, Benin; and Lagos, Nigeria. A partial eclipse will be visible in much of South America and the western half of Africa.

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Animated path

Eclipses in 2027

Solar eclipses 2026–2029

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. [1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Ascending node Descending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
121 2026 February 17
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Annular
−0.97427126 2026 August 12
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Total
0.89774
131 2027 February 6
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Annular
−0.29515136 2027 August 2
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Total
0.14209
141 2028 January 26
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Annular
0.39014146 2028 July 22
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Total
−0.60557
151 2029 January 14
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Partial
1.05532156 2029 July 11
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Partial
−1.41908

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

Saros 131

It is a part of Saros cycle 131, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on August 1, 1125. It contains total eclipses from March 27, 1522 through May 30, 1612 and 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. The longest duration of totality was only 58 seconds on May 30, 1612. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon’s ascending node.

Series members 33–70 occur between 1702 and 2369
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July 24, 1702
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August 4, 1720
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August 15, 1738
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August 25, 1756
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September 6, 1774
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September 16, 1792
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September 28, 1810
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October 9, 1828
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October 20, 1846
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October 30, 1864
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November 10, 1882
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November 22, 1900
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December 3, 1918
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December 13, 1936
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December 25, 1954
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January 4, 1973
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January 15, 1991
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January 26, 2009
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February 6, 2027
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February 16, 2045
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February 28, 2063
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March 10, 2081
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March 21, 2099
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April 2, 2117
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April 13, 2135
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April 23, 2153
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May 5, 2171
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May 15, 2189
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May 27, 2207
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June 6, 2225
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June 18, 2243
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June 28, 2261
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July 9, 2279
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July 20, 2297
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August 1, 2315
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August 11, 2333
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August 22, 2351
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September 2, 2369

Metonic series

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, progressing from south to north between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076
July 1–2April 19–20February 5–7November 24–25September 12–13
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July 1, 2000
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April 19, 2004
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February 7, 2008
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November 25, 2011
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September 13, 2015
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July 2, 2019
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April 20, 2023
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February 6, 2027
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November 25, 2030
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September 12, 2034
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July 2, 2038
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April 20, 2042
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February 5, 2046
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November 25, 2049
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September 12, 2053
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July 1, 2057
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April 20, 2061
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February 5, 2065
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November 24, 2068
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September 12, 2072
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July 1, 2076

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