Next eclipse
6 Feb 2027
A annular solar eclipse at 17° Aquarius, 15:59 UTC, in 111 days. Greatest eclipse at 31.3° S, 48.5° W; the Moon covers 86% of the Sun. Retrograde that day: Mars, Jupiter and Uranus.
TypeAnnular solar
Sign17° Aquarius
Greatest, UTC15:59
Retrograde then3 of 8
Eclipse seasons on the zodiac · 2027
The 2027 eclipses at their longitudes, inside the seasons when the Sun passes the Moon’s nodes. Eclipses 2027
Every eclipse, 2025 to 2028
Greatest eclipse, in UTC.
| Date | Eclipse | Sign | UTC | Retrograde that day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 2025 | Total lunar | 23° Virgo | 06:58 | Venus |
| 29 Mar 2025 | Partial solar | 8° Aries | 10:47 | Mercury, Venus |
| 7 Sep 2025 | Total lunar | 15° Pisces | 18:11 | Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto |
| 21 Sep 2025 | Partial solar | 29° Virgo | 19:41 | Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Annular solar | 28° Aquarius | 12:11 | Jupiter |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Total lunar | 12° Virgo | 11:33 | Mercury, Jupiter |
| 12 Aug 2026 | Total solar | 20° Leo | 17:45 | Saturn, Neptune, Pluto |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Partial lunar | 4° Pisces | 04:12 | Saturn, Neptune, Pluto |
| 6 Feb 2027 | Annular solar | 17° Aquarius | 15:59 | Mars, Jupiter, Uranus |
| 20 Feb 2027 | Penumbral lunar | 1° Virgo | 23:12 | Mercury, Mars, Jupiter |
| 18 Jul 2027 | Penumbral lunar | 25° Capricorn | 16:02 | Neptune, Pluto |
| 2 Aug 2027 | Total solar | 9° Leo | 10:06 | Neptune, Pluto |
| 17 Aug 2027 | Penumbral lunar | 24° Aquarius | 07:13 | Saturn, Neptune, Pluto |
| 12 Jan 2028 | Partial lunar | 21° Cancer | 04:13 | Jupiter, Uranus |
| 26 Jan 2028 | Annular solar | 6° Aquarius | 15:07 | Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus |
| 6 Jul 2028 | Partial lunar | 15° Capricorn | 18:19 | Pluto |
| 22 Jul 2028 | Total solar | 29° Cancer | 02:55 | Neptune, Pluto |
| 31 Dec 2028 | Total lunar | 10° Cancer | 16:51 | Saturn, Uranus |
Year by year, with the seasons and the retrogrades in them: 2025 · 2026 · 2027 · 2028
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Every eclipse at its exact time.
Eclipses, answered
- 01When is the next eclipse?
- The next eclipse is a annular solar eclipse on 6 Feb 2027 at 15:59 UTC, at 17° Aquarius. Retrograde that day: Mars, Jupiter and Uranus.
- 02How often do eclipses happen?
- Every year has at least four eclipses, two solar and two lunar, and at most seven. They come in pairs or threes, a solar and a lunar about two weeks apart, during the two eclipse seasons of each year.
- 03What is an eclipse season?
- The stretch of about five weeks when the Sun stands near one of the Moon’s nodes, the two points where the Moon’s tilted orbit crosses the Sun’s path. Here it is every UTC day on which the Sun is within 18.5° of a node — the widest distance at which a solar eclipse can still happen. Every eclipse falls inside one.
- 04Can an eclipse happen during Mercury retrograde?
- Yes, and often: Mercury is retrograde for about three weeks out of every four months, and the eclipse seasons do not avoid it. Each year page lists, for every eclipse, which planets are retrograde that day.
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