Moon calendar · eclipses
The solar eclipse of February 6, 2027 a ring above Patagonia.
On February 6, 2027, the Moon passes in front of the Sun without quite covering it: a ring of light crosses the south of Chile and Argentina before sweeping out over the South Atlantic. Most of South America, the Antarctic Peninsula and western and southern Africa see a partial eclipse. Nothing is visible from Western Europe. Peak around 16:00 UTC, i.e. 17:00 in Paris, new Moon at 18° of Aquarius.
The essentials
- Date
- February 6, 2027
- Type
- annular solar
- Peak
- around 16:00 UTC, i.e. 17:00 in Paris
- Ring visible from
- southern Chile and Argentina, then the South Atlantic
- Partial visible from
- South America, the Antarctic Peninsula, western and southern Africa; not from Western Europe
- Sign occupied
- Sun and Moon at 18° of Aquarius
What happens that day?
As it did a year earlier, the February new Moon takes good aim but turns up too far from Earth: its apparent disc, slightly smaller than the Sun’s, lets a brilliant ring spill over the edge. So no night in broad daylight, but that “circle of fire” which is the signature of annular eclipses, along with a light that dims eerily over the landscape.
The antumbra, the zone from which the ring is visible, touches Earth in the South Pacific, crosses the south of Chile and Argentina in the heart of the austral summer, then stretches long over the South Atlantic before leaving the surface of the globe.
Where and how to watch it?
The complete ring has to be earned: you’ll need to be on the narrow band that cuts across Chilean and Argentine Patagonia, in the local afternoon. Around it, a partial eclipse offers itself to almost all of South America, from Peru to Uruguay, as well as to the Antarctic Peninsula; at the very end of its run, the west and south of Africa see the Sun bitten into shortly before it sets.
From Western Europe, nothing to observe that day, beyond the live streams. And if you’re lucky enough to be there: never any naked-eye viewing, at any moment. An annular eclipse has no safe phase at all, the ring staying dazzling; only certified ISO 12312-2 glasses or pinhole projection let you enjoy it.
What astrology reads into it
This eclipsed new Moon stands at 18° of Aquarius, deep in the heart of the sign this time, where the one in February 2026 held its threshold. The Leo-Aquarius run, now settled on the axis of the lunar nodes, unfolds its second solar chapter: tradition reads here a season of beginnings on the collective front, of shared ideas, of the belongings we choose.
An annular eclipse has its own nuance: the center veils over but the outline remains, and some astrologers see in it the image of a commitment that redefines itself without breaking. Neither omen nor promise: a question of the season, put to each of us according to our life. Where does the “we” deserve to be reimagined?
And the next one?
Two weeks later, on the night of February 20 to 21, 2027, the Moon will cross Earth’s penumbra: a faint eclipse, but observable from Western Europe in the dead of night for attentive eyes. And six months further on comes the event of the year: the total solar eclipse of August 2, 2027, the longest land totality of the century.
Frequently asked questions
- Will the February 6, 2027 eclipse be visible from Europe?
- No. The ring forms over Patagonia and the South Atlantic, and the partial phase stays limited to South America, the Antarctic Peninsula and western and southern Africa. From Western Europe, the sky doesn’t change that day.
- Can you watch an annular eclipse without protection at the moment of the ring?
- No, never. Unlike a total eclipse, an annular one has no safe phase: the ring of Sun that remains is still powerful enough to burn the retina. Certified ISO 12312-2 glasses or indirect projection, from start to finish.