SEASON I · SOUTH NODE
30 Dec 2018 – 3 Feb 2019
36 days on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of the Moon’s south node, at 26° Capricorn mid-season. Retrograde during it: Uranus (8 days).
Eclipses 2019
Five eclipses fell in 2019, in three eclipse seasons: partial solar eclipse on 6 Jan, total lunar eclipse on 21 Jan, total solar eclipse on 2 Jul, partial lunar eclipse on 16 Jul and annular solar eclipse on 26 Dec. Mercury was retrograde at the partial lunar eclipse on 16 Jul.
Eclipses5
Solar · lunar3 · 2
Seasons3
Retrograde in a season6 of 8
Eclipse seasons on the zodiac · 2019
Each wedge spans 18.5° either side of the lunar node the Sun passes in that season, drawn at the node’s place mid-season: the nodes slide back about 19° a year. Solar eclipses sit on the outer ring at the Sun’s longitude, lunar ones on the inner ring at the Moon’s.
Where the seasons meet the retrogrades
Six of eight planets were retrograde in an eclipse season.
Eclipse seasonRetrogradeRetrograde inside a season
Total solarAnnular solarPartial solarTotal lunarPartial lunar
Retrograde windows run from the station-retrograde day to the station-direct day, both counted, in UTC — the same windows as the 2019 retrograde calendar.
The seasons of 2019
SEASON II · NORTH NODE
21 Jun – 29 Jul 2019
39 days on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of the Moon’s north node, at 17° Cancer mid-season. Retrograde during it: Mercury (23 days), Jupiter (the whole season), Saturn (the whole season), Neptune (the whole season) and Pluto (the whole season).
- Total solar10° Cancer · Greatest eclipse at 17.4° S, 109.0° W.Retrograde that day: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto.NASA map2 Jul 201919:22 UTC
- Partial lunar24° Capricorn · The partial phase lasts 178 minutes.Retrograde that day: Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. It falls on day 10 of a 26-day Mercury retrograde.NASA map16 Jul 201921:30 UTC
SEASON III · SOUTH NODE
12 Dec 2019 – 17 Jan 2020
37 days on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of the Moon’s south node, at 8° Capricorn mid-season. Retrograde during it: Uranus (31 days).
- Annular solar4° Capricorn · Greatest eclipse at 1.0° N, 102.3° E; the Moon covers 94% of the Sun.Retrograde that day: Uranus.NASA map26 Dec 201905:17 UTC
- Penumbral lunar19° Cancer · Penumbral only: the Moon dims without entering the umbra, for 245 minutes.Retrograde that day: Uranus.NASA map10 Jan 202019:10 UTC
Eclipses and times of greatest eclipse are computed with astronomy-engine and checked against NASA’s eclipse catalog; see the method.
Questions
- 01When are the eclipses in 2019?
- Partial solar: 6 Jan 2019, 15° Capricorn; Total lunar: 21 Jan 2019, 0° Leo; Total solar: 2 Jul 2019, 10° Cancer; Partial lunar: 16 Jul 2019, 24° Capricorn; Annular solar: 26 Dec 2019, 4° Capricorn. Times of greatest eclipse are on this page, in UTC.
- 02When is eclipse season in 2019?
- 30 Dec 2018 to 3 Feb 2019 (south node); 21 Jun 2019 to 29 Jul 2019 (north node); 12 Dec 2019 to 17 Jan 2020 (south node). A season here is every UTC day on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of one of the Moon’s nodes.
- 03Which planets were retrograde during the 2019 eclipses?
- Partial solar eclipse on 6 Jan: Retrograde that day: Uranus. Total lunar eclipse on 21 Jan: No planet is retrograde that day. Total solar eclipse on 2 Jul: Retrograde that day: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. Partial lunar eclipse on 16 Jul: Retrograde that day: Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. It falls on day 10 of a 26-day Mercury retrograde. Annular solar eclipse on 26 Dec: Retrograde that day: Uranus.
- 04What is an eclipse season?
- The Moon’s orbit is tilted about five degrees to the Sun’s path, so most new and full moons pass above or below the Sun or Earth’s shadow. Twice a year, for about five weeks, the Sun stands near one of the two points where the orbits cross, the nodes; any new or full moon then is close enough to the node to cast or catch a shadow. Every season has at least two eclipses, a solar and a lunar, and sometimes three.
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