Umbra and antumbra
The umbra ends before Earth; the antumbra beyond it produces the bright ring.
Annular Solar Eclipse of February 6, 2027
Greatest eclipse 16:00 UTC. Check the local times for your own place below.
Local circumstances
Will you see it, and when?
Choose a place to see local times.
Pick a place above and this panel will show whether the eclipse is visible from there, and the local clock time of every phase.
Some of the eclipse visiblePath of annularity, as published
Contact times are solved for your coordinates from the polynomial Besselian elements NASA publishes for this eclipse, not interpolated from the greatest-eclipse instant. Terrestrial Time was converted to UTC with the published 75.7 s value of Delta-T. Source: Five Millennium Catalog, Besselian elements, central path table. Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC. Full method and limits in our methodology.
Annular Solar Eclipse of February 6, 2027
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Interactive orbit lab
See how the ring of fire forms
Move time through this annular event, then hover, focus, or tap any labeled object. The light direction and shadow order are physical; sizes and distances are compressed for clarity.
Sun → Moon → EarthPartial phaseThe penumbra crosses Earth, so observers see part of the Sun covered.
View from the annular pathPartial eclipse
Moon
The Moon is near the farther part of its orbit and appears too small to cover the Sun. Its apparent size, not its physical size, creates the ring.
Hover, focus, or tap a body or shadow to inspect it.Annular solar eclipseThe closest approach is constrained to this cataloged event type.
Penumbra
The lighter outer shadow reaches a wider area where only part of the Sun is blocked.
Why not every month?
The Moon's orbit is tilted about 5.1°. An eclipse needs new or full moon near a node, where the two orbital planes cross.
At maximum, the Moon appears slightly smaller than the Sun. The corona is not visible because the bright solar ring remains, and certified eclipse glasses are required throughout.
Key facts
| Type | Annular solar eclipse |
|---|---|
| Date | February 6, 2027 |
| Greatest eclipse | 16:00 UTC (the panel above shows your own local times) |
| Longest central duration | 7 m 51 s |
| Central path | Chile, Argentina, and the South Atlantic |
| Visible from | South America, Antarctica, and western and southern Africa |
| Saros series | 131 |
| Gamma | -0.2952(how far the shadow axis passes from Earth's centre, in Earth radii) |
| Sun's altitude at greatest eclipse | 73 ° above the horizon |
What you will see
Along the central path (Chile, Argentina, and the South Atlantic), the Moon sits too far from Earth to cover the Sun completely, leaving a brilliant "ring of fire" for up to 7 m 51 s. Across South America, Antarctica, and western and southern Africa, a partial eclipse is visible. The ring phase is NOT safe to view without proper eclipse glasses at any moment.
To follow the day and night line on the date of the eclipse, open the live globeand use its time scrubber: the eclipse happens along the Moon's shadow track through the daytime side .
Catalog data from NASA GSFC (Five Millennium Catalog of SolarEclipses), Terrestrial Time converted to UTC with the Delta-T value published for this eclipse. Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC. Local contact times are solved for your coordinates from the published Besselian elements. How we compute this.