Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026

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Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureAnnular
Gamma−0.9743
Magnitude0.963
Maximum eclipse
Duration140 s (2 min 20 s)
Coordinates64°42′S 86°48′E / 64.7°S 86.8°E / -64.7; 86.8
Max. width of band616 km (383 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse12:13:06
References
Saros121 (61 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9565

An annular solar eclipse will occur on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is smaller than the Sun's, blocking most of the Sun's light and causing the Sun to look like an annulus (ring). An annular eclipse appears as a partial eclipse over a region of the Earth thousands of kilometres wide.

On February 17, 2026, annularity will be visible over Antarctica only. However, the partial eclipse will be visible from the very southern tip of Argentina and Chile, as well in much of Southern Africa (such as in South Africa, Mozambique, and Madagascar).

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Animated path

Related eclipses[edit]

Eclipses in 2026[edit]

Solar eclipses 2026–2029[edit]

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 2026 February 17

Annular 		−0.97427 126 2026 August 12

Total 		0.89774
131 2027 February 6

Annular 		−0.29515 136 2027 August 2

Total 		0.14209
141 2028 January 26

Annular 		0.39014 146 2028 July 22

Total 		−0.60557
151 2029 January 14

Partial 		1.05532 156 2029 July 11

Partial 		−1.41908

Partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029, and December 5, 2029, occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 121[edit]

Solar saros 121, repeating every about 18 years, 11 days, and 8 hours, contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on April 25, 944. It contains total eclipses from July 10, 1070, to October 9, 1809. It contains hybrid eclipses on October 20, 1827, and October 30, 1845. It contains annular eclipses from November 11, 1863, to February 28, 2044. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on June 7, 2206. The longest total eclipse occurred on June 21, 1629, with greatest duration of totality at 6 minutes and 20 seconds. The longest annular eclipse will occur on February 28, 2044, with greatest duration of annularity at 2 minutes and 27 seconds.[2]

Series members 49–65 occur between 1801 and 2100:
49 50 51

October 9, 1809
October 20, 1827
October 30, 1845
52 53 54

November 11, 1863
November 21, 1881
December 3, 1899
55 56 57

December 14, 1917
December 25, 1935
January 5, 1954
58 59 60

January 16, 1972
January 26, 1990
February 7, 2008
61 62 63

February 17, 2026
February 28, 2044
March 11, 2062
64 65

March 21, 2080
April 1, 2098

Metonic series[edit]

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.

References[edit]

  1. ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ^ Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses NASA Eclipse Web Site.

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