Solar eclipse of February 17, 2026
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". An annular solar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Tuesday, February 17, 2026,[1] with a magnitude of 0.963. 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. The Moon's apparent diameter will be near the average diameter because it will occur 6.8 days after apogee (on February 10, 2026, at 16:50 UTC) and 7.5 days before perigee (on February 24, 2026, at 23:15 UTC).[2]
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).
Images
File:SE2026Feb17A.gif
Animated path
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.[3]
| Event | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2026 February 17 at 09:57:35.9 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2026 February 17 at 11:19:59.0 UTC |
| First Umbral External Contact | 2026 February 17 at 11:44:00.0 UTC |
| First Central Line | 2026 February 17 at 11:49:27.4 UTC |
| Greatest Duration | 2026 February 17 at 11:49:27.4 UTC |
| First Umbral Internal Contact | 2026 February 17 at 11:56:29.1 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2026 February 17 at 12:02:18.1 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2026 February 17 at 12:13:05.8 UTC |
| Last Umbral Internal Contact | 2026 February 17 at 12:30:19.1 UTC |
| Last Central Line | 2026 February 17 at 12:37:17.4 UTC |
| Last Umbral External Contact | 2026 February 17 at 12:42:41.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2026 February 17 at 14:28:51.0 UTC |
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.96300 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.92736 |
| Gamma | −0.97427 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 22h03m54.3s |
| Sun Declination | -11°52'42.3" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'11.1" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 22h05m34.0s |
| Moon Declination | -12°42'29.5" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'32.4" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°57'02.0" |
| ΔT | 72.2 s |
Eclipse season
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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.
| February 17 Ascending node (new moon) |
March 3 Descending node (full moon) |
|---|---|
| File:SE2026Feb17A.png | File:Lunar eclipse chart close-2026Mar03.png |
| Annular solar eclipse Solar Saros 121 |
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 133 |
Related eclipses
Eclipses in 2026
- An annular solar eclipse on February 17.
- A total lunar eclipse on March 3.
- A total solar eclipse on August 12.
- A partial lunar eclipse on August 28.
Metonic
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 5, 2029
Tzolkinex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 6, 2019
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
Half-Saros
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of February 11, 2017
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 22, 2035
Tritos
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 20, 2015
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 16, 2037
Solar Saros 121
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 7, 2008
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
Inex
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Triad
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 1939
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 19, 2112
Solar eclipses of 2026–2029
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.[4]
The partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029 and December 5, 2029 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
| Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
| 121 | February 17, 2026 File:SE2026Feb17A.png Annular |
−0.97427 | 126 | August 12, 2026 File:SE2026Aug12T.png Total |
0.89774 | |
| 131 | February 6, 2027 File:SE2027Feb06A.png Annular |
−0.29515 | 136 | August 2, 2027 File:SE2027Aug02T.png Total |
0.14209 | |
| 141 | January 26, 2028 File:SE2028Jan26A.png Annular |
0.39014 | 146 | July 22, 2028 File:SE2028Jul22T.png Total |
−0.60557 | |
| 151 | January 14, 2029 File:SE2029Jan14P.png Partial |
1.05532 | 156 | July 11, 2029 File:SE2029Jul11P.png Partial |
−1.41908 | |
Saros 121
Template:Solar Saros series 121
Metonic series
Template:Solar Metonic series 2018–2094
Tritos series
Template:Solar Tritos series 2004 April 19
Inex series
Template:Solar Inex series 2026 February 17
References
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