Annular solar eclipse of 17 February 2026
Up to 2 minutes 20 seconds of annularity, along a band crossing Antarctica. Greatest eclipse falls at 12:12:03 UTC on 17 February 2026.
Open 17 February 2026 in the tracker The interactive map, the shadow at any moment, and the figures for wherever you are.
The numbers
- Type
- Annular
- Greatest eclipse
- 17 February 2026, 12:12:03 UTC
- Longest annularity
- 2 minutes 20 seconds
- Longest from
- 73.18°S 130.60°E, open ocean
- Path width there
- 2873 km
- Greatest eclipse over
- 64.72°S 86.66°E
- Shadow first touches the Earth
- 11:48:45 UTC
- Shadow leaves the Earth
- 12:36:15 UTC
- Gamma
- -0.9742
Where the path goes
The shadow touches the Earth at 11:48:45 UTC and leaves it at 12:36:15 UTC. In between, the antumbra crosses Antarctica. Outside that band the eclipse is partial over a far larger area — several thousand kilometres either side — and the further from the line, the less of the Sun is covered.
- Antarctica
In the order the shadow reaches them. A country is listed only where the annular phase is genuinely visible from land within it, with the Sun above the horizon — not merely where the band comes close.
Looking at it safely
The Sun is as dangerous during a 99% partial eclipse as on any other day, and the remaining sliver is bright enough to burn a hole in a retina without hurting at the time. Certified eclipse glasses, or nothing. This eclipse has no such moment anywhere: a ring of the Sun is left uncovered even on the central line, so there is no point in it at which the filter can come off.
Carry this in your pocket
Umbro for iPhone and iPad computes these same contact times on the device, for wherever you are standing, with no signal needed — which matters, because a good many eclipses are best seen from somewhere without any. It adds a Lock Screen countdown, Home Screen widgets, a camera built for totality, and it says plainly when the Sun can and cannot be looked at.
