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Annular Solar Eclipse of February 6, 2027

The ring of fire crosses Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ghana, Ivory Coast and 3 more countries

On Saturday, February 6, 2027, the Moon's antumbra sweeps a path about 282 km wide with up to 7 min 51 s of annularity at greatest eclipse (15:59 UT). Of the cities we track, Mar del Plata (Argentina) gets the longest: 7 min 38 s. A partial eclipse is visible from parts of South America and Africa.

Date
February 6, 2027
Greatest eclipse
15:59 UT
Type
Annular
Longest annularity
7 min 51 s
Path width
282 km
Magnitude
0.9281
Saros
131
São PauloRio de JaneiroAbidjanLima
Partial eclipse40%+ of the diameter80%+Annularity

Shading: the largest part of the Sun's diameter covered while the Sun is above the horizon (eclipse magnitude), computed on a 2° grid; contours every 20%. Outside the outer line the eclipse is not visible.

LagosLagosAbidjan, Ivory CoastAbidjanIbadanIbadanLomé, TogoLoméAccraAccraBenin CityBenin CityOnitshaEnugu, NigeriaEnuguWarri, NigeriaWarriOyo, NigeriaOyoAbeokuta, NigeriaAkure, NigeriaAkureCotonou, BeninOsogbo, NigeriaIle-Ife, NigeriaOwerri, NigeriaOwerriOkene, NigeriaOkeneIkare, NigeriaAdo-Ekiti, NigeriaKoumassi, Ivory CoastMakurdi, NigeriaTakoradiTakoradiAbomey-Calavi, BeninOndo, NigeriaUmuahia, NigeriaGboko, NigeriaGbokoIjebu Ode, NigeriaIjebu OdeIlesa, NigeriaSapele, NigeriaSapeleEfon-Alaaye, NigeriaOwo, NigeriaPorto-Novo, BeninGodomè, BeninGodomèOta, NigeriaIwo, NigeriaIkire, NigeriaShagamu, NigeriaMarcory, Ivory CoastCape Coast, GhanaAtsiaman, Ghana
Path of annularityCentral line (longest duration)City in the pathPartial only

Path limits and central line: NASA path table (Espenak). Near the edges totality is short; the closer to the central line, the longer it lasts.

Times for your city

Lagos, Nigeria
Annular eclipse
The ring of fire lasts 5 min 37 s · Sun 0° up at maximum
PhaseLocal time (WAT)Sun height
Partial eclipse begins17:4416°
Annular phase begins18:491°
Maximum18:520°
Annular phase ends18:55below horizon
Partial eclipse ends19:53below horizon

Search any of about 7,000 cities: every city over 100,000 people worldwide, plus the 1,075 cities on this site. Local time, Sun height above the horizon.

How the eclipse unfolds

  1. 12:57 UTPartial eclipse begins (first place on Earth)
  2. 14:04 UTAnnular phase begins
  3. 15:59 UTGreatest eclipse
  4. 17:55 UTAnnular phase ends
  5. 19:01 UTPartial eclipse ends (last place on Earth)

Times in UT (Universal Time, the same as GMT). From first to last contact anywhere on Earth: 6 h 3 min (6.1 hours).

Cities in the path of annularity

32 cities over 100,000 people
CityBeginsRingDurationEndsCoveredSunZone
Bahía Blanca Argentina10:3612:154m 04s14:0086%63°UTC−3
Tandil Argentina10:4212:235m 02s14:0886%66°UTC−3
Mar del Plata Argentina10:4512:247m 38s14:1086%66°UTC−3
Maldonado Uruguay10:5212:365m 14s14:2186%70°UTC−3
Takoradi Ghana16:4017:495m 42sat sunset84%6°GMT
Cape Coast Ghana16:4017:495m 39sat sunset84%5°GMT
Accra Ghana16:4117:495m 31sat sunset84%4°GMT
Amanfrom Ghana16:4117:495m 28sat sunset84%4°GMT
Koumassi Ivory Coast16:3917:512m 00sat sunset84%8°GMT
Marcory Ivory Coast16:3917:511m 45sat sunset84%8°GMT
Tema Ghana16:4217:495m 27sat sunset84%4°GMT
Abidjan Ivory Coast16:3917:521m 06sat sunset84%8°GMT
Ashaiman Ghana16:4217:495m 24sat sunset84%4°GMT
Lagos Nigeria17:4418:495m 37sat sunset84%0°WAT
Atsiaman Ghana16:4117:495m 16sat sunset84%4°GMT
Irewe Nigeria17:4318:495m 36sat sunset84%0°WAT
Cotonou Benin17:4318:495m 27sat sunset84%1°WAT
Lomé Togo16:4317:505m 19sat sunset84%2°GMT
Godomè Benin17:4318:505m 24sat sunset84%1°WAT
Ijebu Ode Nigeria17:4418:505m 24sat sunset84%0°WAT
Porto-Novo Benin17:4318:505m 21sat sunset84%1°WAT
Abomey-Calavi Benin17:4318:505m 20sat sunset84%1°WAT
Ota Nigeria17:4418:505m 20sat sunset84%0°WAT
Shagamu Nigeria17:4418:505m 15sat sunset84%0°WAT
Ijebu-Igbo Nigeria17:4418:505m 13sat sunset83%0°WAT
Koforidua Ghana16:4217:504m 25sat sunset84%4°GMT
Abeokuta Nigeria17:4418:504m 26sat sunset84%0°WAT
Obuase Ghana16:4117:520m 38sat sunset84%5°GMT
Ho Ghana16:4317:513m 22sat sunset84%3°GMT
Abomey Benin17:4418:522m 41sat sunset84%1°WAT
All 32 cities in the path
CityBeginsRingDurationEndsCoveredSunZone
Bahía Blanca Argentina10:3612:154m 04s14:0086%63°UTC−3
Tandil Argentina10:4212:235m 02s14:0886%66°UTC−3
Mar del Plata Argentina10:4512:247m 38s14:1086%66°UTC−3
Maldonado Uruguay10:5212:365m 14s14:2186%70°UTC−3
Takoradi Ghana16:4017:495m 42sat sunset84%6°GMT
Cape Coast Ghana16:4017:495m 39sat sunset84%5°GMT
Accra Ghana16:4117:495m 31sat sunset84%4°GMT
Amanfrom Ghana16:4117:495m 28sat sunset84%4°GMT
Koumassi Ivory Coast16:3917:512m 00sat sunset84%8°GMT
Marcory Ivory Coast16:3917:511m 45sat sunset84%8°GMT
Tema Ghana16:4217:495m 27sat sunset84%4°GMT
Abidjan Ivory Coast16:3917:521m 06sat sunset84%8°GMT
Ashaiman Ghana16:4217:495m 24sat sunset84%4°GMT
Lagos Nigeria17:4418:495m 37sat sunset84%0°WAT
Atsiaman Ghana16:4117:495m 16sat sunset84%4°GMT
Irewe Nigeria17:4318:495m 36sat sunset84%0°WAT
Alasia Nigeria17:4418:495m 33sat sunset84%0°WAT
Twifu Praso Ghana16:4117:504m 36sat sunset84%5°GMT
Cotonou Benin17:4318:495m 27sat sunset84%1°WAT
Lomé Togo16:4317:505m 19sat sunset84%2°GMT
Godomè Benin17:4318:505m 24sat sunset84%1°WAT
Ijebu Ode Nigeria17:4418:505m 24sat sunset84%0°WAT
Porto-Novo Benin17:4318:505m 21sat sunset84%1°WAT
Abomey-Calavi Benin17:4318:505m 20sat sunset84%1°WAT
Ota Nigeria17:4418:505m 20sat sunset84%0°WAT
Shagamu Nigeria17:4418:505m 15sat sunset84%0°WAT
Ijebu-Igbo Nigeria17:4418:505m 13sat sunset83%0°WAT
Koforidua Ghana16:4217:504m 25sat sunset84%4°GMT
Abeokuta Nigeria17:4418:504m 26sat sunset84%0°WAT
Obuase Ghana16:4117:520m 38sat sunset84%5°GMT
Ho Ghana16:4317:513m 22sat sunset84%3°GMT
Abomey Benin17:4418:522m 41sat sunset84%1°WAT

Local times (24-hour clock). Duration: how long the Moon covers the Sun completely at the city centre; it changes by seconds across a city.

Partial eclipse in the world's biggest cities

sorted by how much of the Sun is covered
CityBeginsMaximumEndsCoveredSunZone
Rio de Janeiro Brazil11:4013:2915:0584%69°UTC−3
Kumasi Ghana16:4217:53at sunset83%5°GMT
Ibadan Nigeria17:45sunsetat sunset83%0°WAT
Buenos Aires Argentina10:4612:3114:1582%69°UTC−3
São Paulo Brazil11:3113:2114:5978%74°UTC−3
Belo Horizonte Brazil11:4613:3515:1076%69°UTC−3
Salvador Brazil12:1714:0115:2974%58°UTC−3
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso16:4917:57at sunset67%2°GMT
Santiago Chile10:2612:0413:4962%59°UTC−3
Bamako Mali16:4717:58at sunset60%8°GMT
Brasília Brazil11:5013:3815:1257%72°UTC−3
Abuja Nigeria17:47sunsetat sunset56%0°WAT
Fortaleza Brazil12:4514:2115:4253%51°UTC−3
Dakar Senegal16:4817:5919:0143%16°GMT
Luanda Angola17:36sunsetat sunset41%0°WAT
Kano Nigeria17:49sunsetat sunset39%0°WAT
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo17:39sunsetat sunset36%0°WAT
Manaus Brazil11:3712:4513:467.6%75°UTC−4
Casablanca Morocco17:28sunsetat sunset5.3%0°UTC+0
Johannesburg South Africa18:36sunsetat sunset3.7%0°SAST
Cape Town South Africa18:3218:5819:222.3%9°SAST
Lima Peru09:3210:1711:042.0%60°UTC−5
Durban South Africa18:39sunsetat sunset0.7%0°SAST
Lusaka Zambia18:36sunsetat sunset0.2%0°CAT

United States, UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand

This eclipse is not visible from any of our cities in these countries.

Eye safety

Protect your eyes. An annular eclipse is never total: even at maximum a bright ring of Sun is left, and it is not safe to look at at any moment without a solar filter. Use eclipse glasses or a handheld viewer that meets the ISO 12312-2 standard, from a supplier on the American Astronomical Society's list. Sunglasses are not enough. Never look through a camera, binoculars or telescope without a proper solar filter on the front. How to watch safely →

Weather

We do not forecast the weather, and no one can this far ahead. Whether you see it will depend on the clouds on the day: check a local forecast a few days before and be ready to travel to a clearer sky. For long-term cloud statistics along eclipse paths, see the climatology by meteorologist Jay Anderson at eclipsophile.com.

Questions

Where is the annular solar eclipse of February 6, 2027 visible?

The path of annularity crosses Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Benin and Togo. A partial eclipse is visible from parts of South America and Africa.

Where is the annular phase longest?

Near greatest eclipse (-31°, -48°) it lasts 7 min 51 s. Of the cities over 100,000 people, Mar del Plata, Argentina gets the longest, 7 min 38 s, from 12:24 UTC−3.

Can I see it from the United States?

No. The eclipse is not visible from any of the 520 US cities we track.

Is it safe to look at?

Protect your eyes. An annular eclipse is never total: even at maximum a bright ring of Sun is left, and it is not safe to look at at any moment without a solar filter. Use eclipse glasses or a handheld viewer that meets the ISO 12312-2 standard, from a supplier on the American Astronomical Society's list. Sunglasses are not enough. Never look through a camera, binoculars or telescope without a proper solar filter on the front. How to watch safely

Will it be cloudy?

Nobody can say this far ahead. Check the forecast a few days before; for long-term cloud statistics along the path, see Jay Anderson's climatology at eclipsophile.com.

Penumbral lunar eclipse, Feb 20, 2027 →All eclipsesEye safety

Eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC: NASA Eclipse Web Site, Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses and Catalog of Lunar Eclipses (Espenak & Meeus): Besselian elements, path of totality tables and lunar contact times. City times are computed by us from those Besselian elements with the standard method (Meeus, Elements of Solar Eclipses), using a current estimate of ΔT (Earth-rotation correction) instead of the Canon's older extrapolation; they agree with NASA's own calculator to 0.1 s and with an independent Skyfield/JPL DE440 computation to within 15 s. Times are for sea level and ignore the lunar limb profile (a few seconds near the path edges). City coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).