Eclipses in Leo
Leo's latest total solar eclipse, Aug 12, 2026 at 20°02′, comes back to the same degree on the same date in 2045. Every eclipse in Leo from 1900 to 2100, with date and degree.
Leo eclipses at a glance
An eclipse in Leo here means the eclipsed body was between 0° and 30° of Leo. Solar eclipses in Leo fall from July 22 to August 22, with the Sun in the sign; lunar eclipses in Leo fall from January 20 to mid February, when the Moon is full in Leo and the Sun stands opposite in Aquarius. Leo runs solar-heavy, 41 to 33, and its two most recent total solar eclipses were Aug 21, 2017 at 28°52′ and Aug 12, 2026 at 20°02′.
- Total solar eclipse
- 13
- Annular solar eclipse
- 14
- Partial solar eclipse
- 14
- Total lunar eclipse
- 14
- Partial lunar eclipse
- 7
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
- 12
The earliest in the span is the total lunar eclipse of at 19°40′ Leo, and the latest is the annular solar eclipse of at 1°27′ Leo. The most recent total solar eclipse in Leo before 2026 was on at 28°52′; the first from 2026 on is at 20°02′.
Upcoming eclipses in Leo
The eclipses in Leo 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.
Astrologers give Leo the stage: children, romance, play, whatever you make for the pleasure of it and would like someone to notice. An eclipse there, they say, is about being seen, and people with a planet near the degree describe the month as the one they were finally noticed, or found out, which can be the same event. The lunar eclipses in Leo, with the Sun opposite in Aquarius, tend to put one person's wish against the group's, and the group is not always wrong.
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree of Leo |
|---|---|---|
| Total solar eclipse | 20°02′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 9°55′ | |
| Total lunar eclipse | 22°47′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 1°09′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 29°13′ | |
| Total lunar eclipse | 12°00′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 1°05′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 20°25′ |
Every eclipse in Leo, 1900–2100
All 74 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.
Leo has the cleanest example of the 19-year rule in the catalogue: a total solar eclipse on Aug 12, 2026 at 20°02′ Leo, another on Aug 12, 2045 at 20°25′, another on Aug 12, 2064 at 20°49′, and one on Aug 13, 2083 at 21°00′. That is the Metonic cycle; across the whole catalogue there are 633 such pairs, drifting 0.24° on average. The Saros is the other clock, 18 years and 11 days, and it walks: each step moves the eclipse about 10.79° forward, so a Saros series crosses Leo in roughly three steps.
1900s (3 eclipses)
1910s (4 eclipses)
1920s (3 eclipses)
1930s (5 eclipses)
1940s (3 eclipses)
1950s (4 eclipses)
1960s (2 eclipses)
1970s (4 eclipses)
1980s (3 eclipses)
1990s (5 eclipses)
2000s (4 eclipses)
2010s (5 eclipses)
2020s (2 eclipses)
2030s (5 eclipses)
2040s (4 eclipses)
2050s (4 eclipses)
2060s (4 eclipses)
2070s (3 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 Leo happens with the Sun in Aquarius. 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 Leo 1900–2100, https://astrocalcs.com/eclipses-in-leo/ (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 Virgo
- Eclipses in Libra
- Eclipses in Scorpio
- Eclipses in Sagittarius
- Eclipses in Capricorn
- 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 Leo: questions
What does an eclipse in Leo mean?
Astrologers treat an eclipse as a new or full Moon with the volume turned up, and read one in Leo through what they file under Leo: children, romance, play and whatever you make for the pleasure of it. 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 Leo?
Counting from January of the year this page was built, the first eclipse in Leo is Aug 12, 2026 (total solar eclipse, 20°02′). 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 Leo from 1900 to 2100.
How often do eclipses fall in Leo?
74 times between 1900 and 2100, 41 solar and 33 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 Leo 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 Leo happens with the Sun in Aquarius. Astrologers name it the same way, as a full Moon in Leo. 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 Leo are on the Aquarius page.