Eclipses and countries › 6 February 2027
Annular solar eclipse of 6 February 2027
9 countries have towns in the path: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire. On the central line annularity lasts at most 7 min 53 s. The longest of these towns is Villa Gesell in Argentina, with 7 min 52 s. There the path is about 280 km wide and the shadow moves at about 2,220 km/h. The central shadow touches the Earth from 14:07 to 17:52 UTC; the partial eclipse can be seen somewhere on Earth from 12:57 to 19:02 UTC.
Open on the mapAll 185 places in the city seeker
Countries along the path
In the order the shadow crosses them. Cloud cover is the average at the hour of the eclipse; the start is the local time in the first town the shadow reaches.
| Country | Places | Annularity | Cloud cover | Starts | Best place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2 | 4 min 21 s to 7 min 7 s | 64% | 11:48 UTC-3 | Quellón 28 |
| Argentina | 23 | 3 min 16 s to 7 min 52 s | 31% to 50% | 11:52 UTC-3 | San Antonio Oeste 100 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 4 min 42 s to 5 min 14 s | 51% to 52% | 12:36 UTC-3 | Rocha 45 |
| Brazil | 1 | 2 min 46 s | 52% | 12:43 UTC-3 | Santa Vitória do Palmar 29 |
| Ghana | 57 | 38 s to 5 min 42 s | 44% to 53% | 17:49 UTC+0 | Elmina 25 |
| Nigeria | 47 | 2 s to 5 min 38 s | 50% to 58% | 18:49 UTC+1 | Ado-Odo 5 |
| Benin | 35 | 43 s to 5 min 31 s | 50% to 57% | 18:49 UTC+1 | Lokossa 10 |
| Togo | 7 | 1 min 33 s to 5 min 20 s | 43% to 55% | 17:50 UTC+0 | Lomé 15 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 10 | 1 min 6 s to 3 min 37 s | 52% to 54% | 17:50 UTC+0 | Maféré 20 |
Best places by score
The score of the city seeker with its default setting: cloud cover counts heavily; duration, height of the Sun, airport, travel risk and terrain count less. At most two places per country. Your own setting in the city seeker can change the order.
- San Antonio Oeste, Argentina 1007 min 34 s · 31% cloud · Sun 58°
- Carmen de Patagones, Argentina 857 min 11 s · 35% cloud · Sun 60°
- Rocha, Uruguay 455 min 11 s · 51% cloud · Sun 71°
- Maldonado, Uruguay 455 min 14 s · 52% cloud · Sun 70°
- Santa Vitória do Palmar, Brazil 292 min 46 s · 52% cloud · Sun 72°
- Quellón, Chile 287 min 7 s · 64% cloud · Sun 49°
- Elmina, Ghana 255 min 39 s · 50% cloud · Sun 6°
- Osu, Ghana 255 min 31 s · 49% cloud · Sun 5°
- Castro, Chile 234 min 21 s · 64% cloud · Sun 50°
- Maféré, Côte d’Ivoire 203 min 28 s · 52% cloud · Sun 7°
Longest of all: Villa Gesell, Argentina, 7 min 52 s (score 65).
Moments
- Partial eclipse begins on Earth
- Central shadow touches the Earth
- Central shadow leaves the Earth
- Partial eclipse ends on Earth
Seen from elsewhere
The deepest moment of the partial eclipse in the largest city of each language of this site, and in the largest cities that see at least a fifth of the Sun covered, in local time.
| City | Sun covered | Deepest |
|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa | 40% | 18:20 UTC+1 |
| Lagos | 84% | 18:52 UTC+1 |
| São Paulo | 78% | 13:21 UTC-3 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 84% | 13:29 UTC-3 |
| Abidjan | 84% | 17:52 UTC+0 |
| Kano | 45% | 18:29 UTC+1 |
| Santiago | 62% | 12:04 UTC-3 |
| Bamako | 60% | 17:58 UTC+0 |
Not visible from Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Lisbon, Moscow, Cairo, Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing.