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Eclipses 2029

Six eclipses fall in 2029, in three eclipse seasons: partial solar eclipse on 14 Jan, partial solar eclipse on 12 Jun, total lunar eclipse on 26 Jun, partial solar eclipse on 11 Jul, partial solar eclipse on 5 Dec and total lunar eclipse on 20 Dec. Mercury is retrograde at the partial solar eclipse on 14 Jan.

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Eclipses6
Solar · lunar4 · 2
Seasons3
Retrograde in a season7 of 8
Eclipse seasons on the zodiac · 2029

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

Seven of eight planets are retrograde in an eclipse season.

SEASON ISEASON IISEASON IIIECLIPSESMERCURYVENUSMARSJUPITERSATURNURANUSNEPTUNEPLUTOJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC
Eclipse seasonRetrogradeRetrograde inside a season
Partial solarTotal lunar

Retrograde windows run from the station-retrograde day to the station-direct day, both counted, in UTC — the same windows as the 2029 retrograde calendar.

The seasons of 2029

SEASON I · NORTH NODE

17 Dec 2028 – 21 Jan 2029

36 days on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of the Moon’s north node, at 13° Capricorn mid-season. Retrograde during it: Mercury (15 days), Saturn (20 days) and Uranus (the whole season).

  • Total lunar10° Cancer · Totality lasts 71 minutes, inside 209 minutes in the umbra.Retrograde that day: Saturn and Uranus.NASA map
    31 Dec 202816:51 UTC
  • Partial solar24° Capricorn · Partial everywhere: the Moon’s umbra misses Earth.Retrograde that day: Mercury and Uranus. It falls on day 8 of a 21-day Mercury retrograde.NASA map
    14 Jan 202917:12 UTC

SEASON II · SOUTH NODE

7 Jun – 14 Jul 2029

38 days on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of the Moon’s south node, at 4° Cancer mid-season. Retrograde during it: Jupiter (7 days), Neptune (1 days) and Pluto (the whole season).

  • Partial solar21° Gemini · Partial everywhere: the Moon’s umbra misses Earth.Retrograde that day: Jupiter and Pluto.NASA map
    12 Jun 202904:04 UTC
  • Total lunar4° Capricorn · Totality lasts 102 minutes, inside 220 minutes in the umbra.Retrograde that day: Pluto.NASA map
    26 Jun 202903:22 UTC
  • Partial solar19° Cancer · Partial everywhere: the Moon’s umbra misses Earth.Retrograde that day: Pluto.NASA map
    11 Jul 202915:36 UTC

SEASON III · NORTH NODE

29 Nov 2029 – 3 Jan 2030

36 days on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of the Moon’s north node, at 25° Sagittarius mid-season. Retrograde during it: Mercury (13 days), Venus (19 days), Saturn (the whole season), Uranus (the whole season) and Neptune (21 days).

  • Partial solar13° Sagittarius · Partial everywhere: the Moon’s umbra misses Earth.Retrograde that day: Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.NASA map
    5 Dec 202915:02 UTC
  • Total lunar29° Gemini · Totality lasts 54 minutes, inside 213 minutes in the umbra.Retrograde that day: Venus, Saturn and Uranus.NASA map
    20 Dec 202922:41 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 2029?
Partial solar: 14 Jan 2029, 24° Capricorn; Partial solar: 12 Jun 2029, 21° Gemini; Total lunar: 26 Jun 2029, 4° Capricorn; Partial solar: 11 Jul 2029, 19° Cancer; Partial solar: 5 Dec 2029, 13° Sagittarius; Total lunar: 20 Dec 2029, 29° Gemini. Times of greatest eclipse are on this page, in UTC.
02When is eclipse season in 2029?
17 Dec 2028 to 21 Jan 2029 (north node); 7 Jun 2029 to 14 Jul 2029 (south node); 29 Nov 2029 to 3 Jan 2030 (north 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 are retrograde during the 2029 eclipses?
Partial solar eclipse on 14 Jan: Retrograde that day: Mercury and Uranus. It falls on day 8 of a 21-day Mercury retrograde. Partial solar eclipse on 12 Jun: Retrograde that day: Jupiter and Pluto. Total lunar eclipse on 26 Jun: Retrograde that day: Pluto. Partial solar eclipse on 11 Jul: Retrograde that day: Pluto. Partial solar eclipse on 5 Dec: Retrograde that day: Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Total lunar eclipse on 20 Dec: Retrograde that day: Venus, Saturn and 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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