The eclipses of 2026, computed.
2026 carries four eclipses: two solar, two lunar, in two eclipse seasons roughly six months apart. Each instant of maximum below is computed from the Meeus eclipse solution (chapter 54 of Astronomical Algorithms) on the same ephemeris that runs the rest of this calendar; the sign and degree are where the Moon stands at that instant, which for a solar eclipse is also where the Sun stands.
Eclipses are lunations that happen close to the lunar nodes. In 2026, the four computed events fall across the Aquarius–Leo and Virgo–Pisces axes. Where those degrees fall in your own chart depends on your birth time and place — the free cast returns your Big 3, and the paid readings map the houses.
This page is a 2026 eclipse calendar: dated solar and lunar maxima, not the sky at this instant. Sky now is the live tropical sky for this UTC moment — ten bodies, not these four eclipse rows. Moon today is live Moon weather: tropical sign, phase, and the next lunation, not an eclipse-season list. Daily horoscope columns are tropical one-sign letters from today's sky, not a year of eclipse times.
Four dated maxima are not a birth. How Charting Stars calculates birth charts is the natal pipeline that casts a person, not this eclipse-season list. Einstein's birth chart in Hellenistic, Vedic, and BaZi is one 1879 natal read three ways, not these four lunations.
Eclipse-season rows are not a trait encyclopedia. The Moon sign catalog is twelve natal-Moon interiors — not these four lunation dates. The zodiac sign encyclopedia is standing tropical personality, not this eclipse-season table.
These four dated solar and lunar eclipse maxima are not a birth-instant fixture suite. The Birth Chart Accuracy Test Set holds 7 named natal casts — birth-instant fixtures with engine deltas — not this eclipse calendar.
Every computed instant, 2026
Common questions.
When is the next eclipse?
Every eclipse of 2026 has passed. The last was A partial lunar eclipse at 4°50′ Pisces on August 28, 2026 at 04:13 UTC (umbral magnitude 0.93).
How many eclipses are there in 2026?
4: A annular solar eclipse at 28°55′ Aquarius on February 17, 2026 at 12:13 UTC. A total lunar eclipse at 12°51′ Virgo on March 3, 2026 at 11:34 UTC (umbral magnitude 1.15). A total solar eclipse at 20°07′ Leo on August 12, 2026 at 17:46 UTC. A partial lunar eclipse at 4°50′ Pisces on August 28, 2026 at 04:13 UTC (umbral magnitude 0.93).
How are these dates computed?
Each eclipse is computed from the Meeus eclipse solution (Astronomical Algorithms, chapter 54) on the same ephemeris that runs the rest of this calendar; ΔT converts Terrestrial Time to UTC. Gamma is retained as the shadow-axis distance, and magnitude only where the Meeus method defines it: lunar rows show umbral magnitude, while central solar rows deliberately omit magnitude rather than substitute gamma. Nothing is reprinted from a third-party almanac.
Where does it land in your chart?
A calendar tells you when. Where it lands depends on your own chart: the free cast returns your Big 3 — Sun, Moon, and Rising in under a minute, no signup — and the paid readings map your natal chart in full, house cusps included.