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Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027
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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.
Solar eclipse of February 6, 2027 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Annular |
Gamma | −0.2952 |
Magnitude | 0.9281 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Duration | 471 s (7 min 51 s) |
Coordinates | 31.3°S 48.5°W / -31.3; -48.5 |
Max. width of band | 282 km (175 mi) |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 16:00:48 |
References | |
Saros | 131 (51 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9567 |
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.