Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017

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Gamma−0.4578
Magnitude0.9922
Duration44 s (0 min 44 s)
Coordinates34°42′S 31°12′W / 34.7°S 31.2°W / -34.7; -31.2
Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017
Annular eclipse
Partial from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Map
Gamma−0.4578
Magnitude0.9922
Maximum eclipse
Duration44 s (0 min 44 s)
Coordinates34°42′S 31°12′W / 34.7°S 31.2°W / -34.7; -31.2
Max. width of band31 km (19 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse14:54:33
References
Saros140 (29 of 71)
Catalog # (SE5000)9545

An annular solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Sunday, February 26, 2017,[1][2][3][4] with a magnitude of 0.9922. 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. Occurring about 4.9 days before perigee (on March 3, 2017, at 13:30 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter was larger.[5]

The eclipse was visible across southern Chile and Argentina in the morning and ended in Angola and southwestern Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo at sunset. In Argentina, the best places to see the eclipse were located in the south of the Chubut Province, in the towns of Facundo, Sarmiento and Camarones. A partial eclipse was visible for parts of southern South America, southern and western Africa, and Antarctica.

Animation assembled from 3 images acquired by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera.

Eclipse timing

Places experiencing annular eclipse

Solar Eclipse of February 26, 2017
(Local Times)
Country or territory City or place Start of partial eclipse Start of annular eclipse Maximum eclipse End of annular eclipse End of partial eclipse Duration of annularity (min:s) Duration of eclipse (hr:min) Maximum coverage
 ChileCoyhaique09:23:1810:35:4210:36:1110:36:4111:56:230:592:3397.35%
 ArgentinaFacundo09:24:2110:37:4810:38:2010:38:5111:59:381:032:3597.44%
 ArgentinaCamarones09:27:0010:42:5010:43:1610:43:4212:06:450:522:4097.61%
 AngolaHuambo16:19:5417:28:1817:28:2717:28:3718:21:02 (sunset)0:192:0196.51%
References: [1]

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar Eclipse of February 26, 2017
(Local Times)
Country or territory City or place Start of partial eclipse Maximum eclipse End of partial eclipse Duration of eclipse (hr:min) Maximum coverage
 ChileSantiago09:19:3510:31:3111:52:392:3355.32%
 ChilePunta Arenas09:33:2110:43:2311:58:362:2572.27%
 ArgentinaBuenos Aires09:31:1710:53:0912:23:012:5265.78%
 Falkland IslandsStanley09:41:1610:56:3712:16:192:3572.19%
 UruguayMontevideo09:33:5510:57:3212:28:322:5568.57%
 ParaguayAsunción09:41:3110:58:0512:22:102:4134.12%
 South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsKing Edward Point11:10:5412:25:1813:39:462:2950.25%
 BrazilRio de Janeiro10:10:1511:40:3813:10:483:0143.25%
 MalawiLilongwe17:27:2418:07:2618:09:41 (sunset)0:4255.31%
 LesothoMaseru17:10:4418:08:4018:45:53 (sunset)1:3545.26%
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaJamestown14:45:5916:10:2017:22:552:3784.39%
 EswatiniMbabane17:15:2918:12:5218:28:52 (sunset)1:1350.66%
 South AfricaJohannesburg17:13:5918:13:0518:41:10 (sunset)1:2752.41%
 MozambiqueMaputo17:16:2518:13:1318:22:55 (sunset)1:0750.95%
 RwandaKigali17:39:2618:13:4118:17:05 (sunset)0:3841.29%
 BotswanaGaborone17:14:0818:15:0518:48:31 (sunset)1:3457.47%
 BurundiGitega17:37:4218:16:1818:18:29 (sunset)0:4149.64%
 NamibiaWindhoek17:09:0218:16:2019:16:132:0768.83%
 BurundiBujumbura17:37:4318:18:3118:20:42 (sunset)0:4352.91%
 ZimbabweHarare17:23:0918:20:4918:23:07 (sunset)1:0073.54%
 NamibiaOpuwo17:11:1318:21:2619:23:202:1284.48%
 ZambiaLusaka17:24:3018:26:0918:32:35 (sunset)1:0882.77%
 Democratic Republic of the CongoLubumbashi17:28:0518:30:0218:33:21 (sunset)1:0594.96%
 AngolaLuanda16:23:2117:32:0818:28:33 (sunset)2:0582.13%
 Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa16:31:3317:36:4618:17:30 (sunset)1:4668.47%
 Republic of the CongoBrazzaville16:31:3717:36:4918:17:34 (sunset)1:4668.25%
 São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé15:34:0816:38:3417:35:412:0246.08%
 GabonLibreville16:35:5817:39:2718:35:522:0248.17%
 CameroonYaoundé16:43:4017:42:1518:27:46 (sunset)1:4438.43%
 Central African RepublicBangui16:46:4117:42:5017:59:20 (sunset)1:1341.24%
References: [1]

Gallery

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[6]

February 26, 2017 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 2017 February 26 at 12:11:56.1 UTC
First Umbral External Contact 2017 February 26 at 13:16:26.6 UTC
First Central Line 2017 February 26 at 13:17:14.6 UTC
Greatest Duration 2017 February 26 at 13:17:14.6 UTC
First Umbral Internal Contact 2017 February 26 at 13:18:02.7 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 2017 February 26 at 14:39:54.4 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 2017 February 26 at 14:54:32.8 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 2017 February 26 at 14:59:31.7 UTC
Last Umbral Internal Contact 2017 February 26 at 16:31:16.0 UTC
Last Central Line 2017 February 26 at 16:32:01.1 UTC
Last Umbral External Contact 2017 February 26 at 16:32:46.1 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 2017 February 26 at 17:37:10.0 UTC
February 26, 2017 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.99223
Eclipse Obscuration 0.98451
Gamma −0.45780
Sun Right Ascension 22h39m23.1s
Sun Declination -08°29'38.8"
Sun Semi-Diameter 16'09.0"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.9"
Moon Right Ascension 22h39m53.2s
Moon Declination -08°55'03.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter 15'47.8"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°57'58.6"
ΔT 68.6 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of February 2017
February 11
Ascending node (full moon)
February 26
Descending node (new moon)
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 114		Annular solar eclipse
Solar Saros 140

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