SEASON I · SOUTH NODE
10 Apr – 18 May 2032
39 days on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of the Moon’s south node, at 9° Taurus mid-season. Retrograde during it: Pluto (4 days).
Eclipses 2032
Four eclipses fall in 2032, in two eclipse seasons: total lunar eclipse on 25 Apr, annular solar eclipse on 9 May, total lunar eclipse on 18 Oct and partial solar eclipse on 3 Nov. Mercury is retrograde at the partial solar eclipse on 3 Nov.
Eclipses4
Solar · lunar2 · 2
Seasons2
Retrograde in a season5 of 8
Eclipse seasons on the zodiac · 2032
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
Five of eight planets are retrograde in an eclipse season.
Eclipse seasonRetrogradeRetrograde inside a season
Annular solarPartial solarTotal lunar
Retrograde windows run from the station-retrograde day to the station-direct day, both counted, in UTC — the same windows as the 2032 retrograde calendar.
The seasons of 2032
SEASON II · NORTH NODE
5 Oct – 10 Nov 2032
37 days on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of the Moon’s north node, at 0° Scorpio mid-season. Retrograde during it: Mercury (9 days), Saturn (24 days), Uranus (36 days), Neptune (the whole season) and Pluto (21 days).
- Total lunar25° Aries · Totality lasts 47 minutes, inside 196 minutes in the umbra.Retrograde that day: Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.NASA map18 Oct 203219:02 UTC
- Partial solar11° Scorpio · Partial everywhere: the Moon’s umbra misses Earth.Retrograde that day: Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. It falls on day 2 of a 21-day Mercury retrograde.NASA map3 Nov 203205:32 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 2032?
- Total lunar: 25 Apr 2032, 6° Scorpio; Annular solar: 9 May 2032, 19° Taurus; Total lunar: 18 Oct 2032, 25° Aries; Partial solar: 3 Nov 2032, 11° Scorpio. Times of greatest eclipse are on this page, in UTC.
- 02When is eclipse season in 2032?
- 10 Apr 2032 to 18 May 2032 (south node); 5 Oct 2032 to 10 Nov 2032 (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 2032 eclipses?
- Total lunar eclipse on 25 Apr: No planet is retrograde that day. Annular solar eclipse on 9 May: No planet is retrograde that day. Total lunar eclipse on 18 Oct: Retrograde that day: Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Partial solar eclipse on 3 Nov: Retrograde that day: Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. It falls on day 2 of a 21-day Mercury retrograde.
- 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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