# 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 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.

## Images

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## 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 6 Ascending node (new moon) | February 20 Descending node (full moon) |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 131 | Penumbral lunar eclipse Lunar 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

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.
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 | Ascending node | Ascending node | Descending node | Descending 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

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.
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

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

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

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) | |