Annular solar eclipse of 6 February 2027
Up to 7 minutes 51 seconds of annularity, along a band crossing Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Ghana and Ivory Coast. Greatest eclipse falls at 15:59:37 UTC on 6 February 2027.
Open 6 February 2027 in the tracker The interactive map, the shadow at any moment, and the figures for wherever you are.
The numbers
- Type
- Annular
- Greatest eclipse
- 6 February 2027, 15:59:37 UTC
- Longest annularity
- 7 minutes 51 seconds
- Longest from
- 35.07°S 53.38°W, Uruguay
- Path width there
- 286 km
- Greatest eclipse over
- 31.30°S 48.48°W
- Shadow first touches the Earth
- 14:07:19 UTC
- Shadow leaves the Earth
- 17:51:49 UTC
- Gamma
- -0.2952
Where the path goes
The shadow touches the Earth at 14:07:19 UTC and leaves it at 17:51:49 UTC. In between, the antumbra crosses Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Ghana and Ivory Coast. 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.
- Chile
- Argentina
- Uruguay
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
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.
