2027’s annular solar eclipseSaturday 6 February 2027
The annular solar eclipse of Saturday 6 February 2027 is greatest at 16:00 UTC, with the Sun and the Moon together at 17°37′ Aquarius. NASA puts the ring phase at up to 7 minutes 51 seconds on a path over Chile, Argentina and the Atlantic.
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The eclipse at a glance
| Date | Saturday 6 February 2027 |
|---|---|
| Greatest eclipse | 16:00 UTC (NASA: 16:00:47 TD) |
| New Moon | 15:56 UTC at 17°37′ Aquarius |
| Type (NASA) | Annular solar eclipse |
| Sign and degree | 17°37′ Aquarius |
| Longest annularity | 7 minutes 51 seconds |
| Magnitude | 0.928 |
| Saros series | 131, member 51 of 70 |
| Path of annularity | Chile, Argentina and the Atlantic |
| Seen from | South America, Antarctica and western and southern Africa |
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Where the annular eclipse can be seen
Wikipedia traces the track: “The path of annularity will first pass through Chile (including the city of Castro and the island Melinka) and Argentina (including the city of Viedma), then scraping the east coast of Uruguay (including the city of Punta del Este) and Brazil (including the city of Santa Vitória do Palmar). 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).”
Beyond the central path the Sun is only partly covered. In Wikipedia’s words, “A partial eclipse will be visible in much of South America, parts of Antarctica, and much of the western half of Africa.”
Looking at the Sun without proper protection can injure the eyes at every partial phase. Use eclipse glasses made for the purpose or a pinhole projector; only during totality itself, inside the path, is the uncovered sight of the eclipse safe, and never during an annular eclipse, when a ring of the Sun stays bright.
The eclipse in the sky of 2027
The eclipse belongs to the New Moon of 6 February, exact at 15:56 UTC at 17°37′ Aquarius, 3 minutes before the greatest eclipse, and it falls at the Moon’s ascending node. The same New Moon opens the Chinese year of the Fire Goat, which begins on 6 February.
A solar eclipse in Aquarius, the fixed air sign the old books gave to Saturn, is read by astrologers as a turning in the life of groups: what a circle of friends, a team or a cause is for, and who still belongs to it.
Because it falls at the north node, the point modern astrologers read as where a story is gathering rather than letting go, the February eclipse is read as an opening more than an ending, a door into a different kind of company.
Astrologers have long treated eclipses as the sky’s punctuation marks, the places where one chapter is said to close and another to open.
What the eclipse means for each sign
Counted by whole signs from each Sun sign, the eclipse in Aquarius falls in a different house for each of the twelve.
- Aries: your 11th house, the house of friends, hopes and community
- Taurus: your 10th house, the house of career and reputation
- Gemini: your 9th house, the house of faith, travel and higher learning
- Cancer: your 8th house, the house of shared money, intimacy and deep change
- Leo: your 7th house, the house of partners and agreements
- Virgo: your 6th house, the house of daily work, habits and health routines
- Libra: your 5th house, the house of romance, creativity and children
- Scorpio: your 4th house, the house of home, family and roots
- Sagittarius: your 3rd house, the house of words, siblings and short journeys
- Capricorn: your 2nd house, the house of money, possessions and values
- Aquarius: your 1st house, the house of the self and the body
- Pisces: your 12th house, the house of rest, solitude and the hidden life
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What time is the annular solar eclipse on 6 February 2027?
The greatest eclipse comes at 16:00 UTC by the Almanac’s ephemeris; NASA gives 16:00:47 in dynamical time, which runs about a minute ahead of UTC. Local times along the February path depend on where you watch from.
How long does the annular eclipse last?
Up to 7 minutes 51 seconds of the ring phase at the point of greatest duration, by NASA’s table, and less toward the edges of the path. The partial phases on either side of the ring phase last far longer.
What sign is the February 2027 solar eclipse in?
Aquarius: the eclipse is at 17°37′ Aquarius by the Almanac’s ephemeris. Each sign’s page reads the February eclipse in the house it falls in, counted by whole signs.
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