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Annular Solar Eclipse of February 6, 2027

Visible from coastal Argentina & the Gulf of Guinea coast of West Africa, with the ring visible up to ~7m 30s on the Argentine coast. Calculated times for city reference coordinates are in the table below. There's also a free 3D simulation: stand on the path and watch the ring form.

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What happens, where

A ring eclipse rather than a total one: the Moon crosses the Sun a little too far from Earth to cover it completely, so a bright ring stays visible around it. The ring makes landfall on the Argentine coast in the afternoon, crosses the South Atlantic, and reaches the Gulf of Guinea coast of West Africa right at sunset, where the ring hangs just above the horizon. Chile and most of South America, plus much of western Africa, see a strong partial eclipse.

Local times, city by city

Computed from real ephemerides for each city (all times local). 8 of these cities are inside the path of annularity.

CityWhat you'll seePartial beginsRing visibleMaximumEndsSun alt
Mar del Plata, ArgentinaAnnular · 7m 32s10:4512:24–12:3112:2814:1066°
Viedma, ArgentinaAnnular · 7m 05s10:3412:09–12:1712:1313:5460°
Lagos, NigeriaAnnular · 5m 30s · sets mid-eclipse17:4418:49–18:5518:5219:531°
Accra, GhanaAnnular · 5m 25s · sets mid-eclipse16:4117:49–17:5517:5218:544°
Cotonou, BeninAnnular · 5m 23s · sets mid-eclipse17:4318:49–18:5518:5219:541°
Lomé, TogoAnnular · 5m 17s · sets mid-eclipse16:4217:50–17:5517:5218:543°
Bahía Blanca, ArgentinaAnnular · 3m 55s10:3612:15–12:1912:1714:0063°
Abidjan, Ivory CoastAnnular · 0m 48s · sets mid-eclipse16:3917:52–17:5217:5218:568°
Montevideo, UruguayPartial · 86%10:50–12:3614:1970°
Bariloche, ArgentinaPartial · 85%10:22–11:5713:3853°
Puerto Montt, ChilePartial · 85%10:20–11:5313:3452°
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilPartial · 84%11:40–13:2915:0469°
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPartial · 82%10:46–12:3114:1569°
Valdivia, ChilePartial · 80%10:20–11:5313:3552°
São Paulo, BrazilPartial · 78%11:31–13:2114:5974°
Monrovia, LiberiaPartial · 75% · sets mid-eclipse16:37–17:5218:5914°
Freetown, Sierra LeonePartial · 66% · sets mid-eclipse16:39–17:5419:0015°
Santiago, ChilePartial · 62%10:26–12:0413:4859°
Asunción, ParaguayPartial · 58%11:03–12:5214:3580°
Dakar, SenegalPartial · 43%16:48–17:5819:0116°

Cities at the path edge are genuinely borderline; shadow-edge predictions differ by a few kilometres between models. If you're near the edge, travel toward the centre of the path.

Find your city's exact times

Each city page includes contact times, coverage, totality duration where applicable, and a link to the live countdown.

Mar del Plata Bahía Blanca Viedma Montevideo Bariloche Puerto Montt Rio de Janeiro Abidjan Abobo Accra Lomé Cotonou Alasia Agege Lagos Abeokuta Ibadan Oyo Osogbo Warri Akure Benin City Duque de Caxias Onitsha Enugu Kumasi Abuja Nova Iguaçu Aba Ilorin Porto Alegre Port Harcourt Jos Buenos Aires Bauchi Juiz de Fora Kaduna Valdivia N'Djamena Douala Maiduguri São José dos Campos São Bernardo do Campo Santo André Zaria Guarulhos São Paulo Bouaké

Don't miss it

📅 Don’t miss it: add to Google Calendar, or download an .ics for Apple Calendar and Outlook. Both include a day-before reminder. Or open the 3D simulation now and scrub to the ring.

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