Eclipses in Capricorn
Capricorn has the most eclipses of any sign, 81, and a century without a total solar one: none between Jan 14, 1926 and Dec 26, 2038. Every eclipse in the sign, 1900 to 2100.
Capricorn eclipses at a glance
An eclipse in Capricorn means the eclipsed body stood between 0° and 30° of Capricorn. Solar eclipses in Capricorn fall from December 23 to mid January, with the Sun in the sign; lunar ones from late June to July 19, with the Moon full in Capricorn and the Sun opposite in Cancer. Capricorn's 81 eclipses are the most of any sign, and 43 of them are lunar, also the most. Total solar eclipses are the exception: Jan 14, 1926 was the last and Dec 26, 2038 is the next.
- Total solar eclipse
- 11
- Annular solar eclipse
- 14
- Partial solar eclipse
- 13
- Total lunar eclipse
- 9
- Partial lunar eclipse
- 18
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
- 16
The earliest in the span is the total solar eclipse of at 22°56′ Capricorn, and the latest is the total lunar eclipse of at 7°17′ Capricorn. The most recent total solar eclipse in Capricorn before 2026 was on at 23°21′; the first from 2026 on is at 4°19′.
Upcoming eclipses in Capricorn
The eclipses in Capricorn from January 2026 onward, in UTC. The list is split at the year boundary rather than at today's date so it stays put for twelve months, which means its first row can already have happened.
Capricorn has the most eclipses of any sign and, to astrologers, the most to lose: career, reputation, the public record, who you answer to. They say an eclipse there moves the goalposts of a reputation, and people with a planet near the degree describe the month as the promotion, the resignation, the retirement, or the day the boss's own boss noticed. At the lunar eclipses the Sun is opposite in Cancer, and home gets to say what the job has been costing it.
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree of Capricorn |
|---|---|---|
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 25°57′ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse | 15°15′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 24°49′ | |
| Total lunar eclipse | 4°49′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 26°36′ | |
| Annular solar eclipse | 15°18′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 23°56′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 4°19′ |
Every eclipse in Capricorn, 1900–2100
All 81 of them, by decade. Each degree links to the Cycle Lab query for that point of the zodiac, so you can see what else has ever stood there.
The annular eclipse of Dec 26, 2019, at about 4° Capricorn, is followed by a total one on Dec 26, 2038 at 4°19′: the same date, a fifth of a degree along, 19 years apart. That is the Metonic cycle, and the catalogue holds 633 such pairs with a mean drift of 0.24°. The Saros, 18 years and 11 days, walks instead: each step moves the eclipse about 10.79° forward, so a Saros series takes roughly three steps, half a century, to cross Capricorn.
1900s (4 eclipses)
1910s (4 eclipses)
1920s (4 eclipses)
1930s (4 eclipses)
1940s (4 eclipses)
1950s (3 eclipses)
1960s (4 eclipses)
1970s (4 eclipses)
1980s (3 eclipses)
1990s (4 eclipses)
2000s (5 eclipses)
2010s (6 eclipses)
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Annular solar eclipse | 25°01′ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse | 4°50′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 13°38′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 15°25′ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse | 24°00′ | |
| Annular solar eclipse | 4°07′ |
2020s (5 eclipses)
2030s (4 eclipses)
2040s (3 eclipses)
2050s (4 eclipses)
2060s (4 eclipses)
2070s (4 eclipses)
2080s (4 eclipses)
A solar eclipse is listed by the Sun's own sign. A lunar eclipse is listed by the sign of the eclipsed Moon, which is always opposite the Sun, so a lunar eclipse shown here in Capricorn happens with the Sun in Cancer. Positions are apparent geocentric ecliptic longitude for the equinox of date, the tropical position an astrologer reads. I store each instant in the shared catalogue floored to the hour, so the UTC date is exact and no time of day is shown. The catalogue is published under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: AstroCalcs, eclipses in Capricorn 1900–2100, https://astrocalcs.com/eclipses-in-capricorn/ (CC BY 4.0).
Eclipses in the other signs
The same tables for each of the twelve signs, from the same catalogue, so a degree that looks busy here can be checked against its neighbours.
- Eclipses in Aries
- Eclipses in Taurus
- Eclipses in Gemini
- Eclipses in Cancer
- Eclipses in Leo
- Eclipses in Virgo
- Eclipses in Libra
- Eclipses in Scorpio
- Eclipses in Sagittarius
- Eclipses in Aquarius
- Eclipses in Pisces
To search one degree rather than a whole sign, use Cycle Lab, which runs the same catalogue in your browser and shows how busy every other degree is by comparison.
Eclipses in Capricorn: questions
What does an eclipse in Capricorn mean?
Astrologers treat an eclipse as a new or full Moon with the volume turned up, and read one in Capricorn through what they file under Capricorn: career and reputation, what the public record says about you. They give it most weight when it lands within a few degrees of a planet or angle in a birth chart. The astronomy is plainer: an eclipse is a new or full Moon that falls close to a lunar node. Every degree is in the tables above.
When is the next eclipse in Capricorn?
Counting from January of the year this page was built, the first eclipse in Capricorn is Jul 18, 2027 (penumbral lunar eclipse, 25°57′). I split past from upcoming at a year boundary rather than at the build date so the list stays put for twelve months; the price is that its first row can already have happened. The rows after it sit in the upcoming table above, and the decade tables hold every eclipse in Capricorn from 1900 to 2100.
How often do eclipses fall in Capricorn?
81 times between 1900 and 2100, 38 solar and 43 lunar. Not evenly, though: they come in runs. Each eclipse season falls about 19 days earlier than the year before, which walks the eclipsed degree back through the zodiac by roughly 19 degrees a year, so Capricorn collects eclipses in a cluster of about eighteen months, then waits years for the next cluster. And an eclipse usually returns to nearly the same degree, on nearly the same date, 19 years later.
Which sign is a lunar eclipse in?
The Moon's. At a lunar eclipse the Moon is full, so it stands opposite the Sun, and a lunar eclipse listed here in Capricorn happens with the Sun in Cancer. Astrologers name it the same way, as a full Moon in Capricorn. The catalogue follows suit: I record the longitude of whichever body is eclipsed, the Sun for a solar eclipse and the Moon for a lunar one. The lunar eclipses that have the Sun in Capricorn are on the Cancer page.