Eclipses in Libra
Libra's last total solar eclipse was in 1986 and the next is in 2071, but the lunar ones keep coming. Every eclipse in Libra from 1900 to 2100, dated and placed.
Libra eclipses at a glance
An eclipse in Libra here means the eclipsed body was between 0° and 30° of Libra. Solar eclipses in Libra fall from September 22 to October 23, with the Sun in the sign; lunar ones from March 22 to mid April, with the Moon full in Libra and the Sun opposite in Aries. Libra leans lunar, 40 to 34, and is in a long drought for total solar eclipses: Oct 3, 1986 was the last and Sep 23, 2071 is the next.
- Total solar eclipse
- 13
- Annular solar eclipse
- 9
- Partial solar eclipse
- 12
- Total lunar eclipse
- 15
- Partial lunar eclipse
- 11
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
- 14
The earliest in the span is the partial lunar eclipse of at 20°52′ Libra, and the latest is the partial lunar eclipse of at 15°47′ Libra. The most recent total solar eclipse in Libra before 2026 was on at 10°16′; the first from 2026 on is at 0°48′.
Upcoming eclipses in Libra
The eclipses in Libra 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.
Libra is the other person: marriage, partnership, the contract with two signatures. Astrologers say an eclipse there renegotiates a pairing, and people with a planet near the degree describe the month as the one the arrangement was finally said out loud, whether that ended it or not. At the lunar eclipses the Sun is opposite in Aries, and the question tends to turn into whose life this is anyway.
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree of Libra |
|---|---|---|
| Total lunar eclipse | 25°07′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 0°51′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 14°00′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 16°01′ | |
| Annular solar eclipse | 20°51′ | |
| Total lunar eclipse | 4°52′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 9°48′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 11°36′ |
Every eclipse in Libra, 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.
The annular eclipse of Oct 2, 2024 at about 10° Libra comes back as a partial one on Oct 3, 2043, a quarter of a degree back. That is the Metonic cycle, 19 years within a day, and the catalogue holds 633 such pairs with a mean drift of 0.24°. The Saros, 18 years and 11 days, walks rather than repeats: each step moves the eclipse about 10.79° forward, so a series spends roughly three steps, half a century, in Libra.
1900s (2 eclipses)
1910s (5 eclipses)
1920s (2 eclipses)
1930s (6 eclipses)
1940s (4 eclipses)
1950s (7 eclipses)
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Total lunar eclipse | 12°29′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 1°52′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 29°31′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 14°01′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 19°01′ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse | 3°31′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 8°33′ |
1960s (2 eclipses)
1970s (5 eclipses)
1980s (2 eclipses)
1990s (4 eclipses)
2000s (2 eclipses)
2010s (3 eclipses)
2020s (3 eclipses)
2030s (3 eclipses)
2040s (4 eclipses)
2050s (3 eclipses)
2060s (5 eclipses)
2070s (3 eclipses)
2080s (5 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 Libra happens with the Sun in Aries. 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 Libra 1900–2100, https://astrocalcs.com/eclipses-in-libra/ (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 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 Libra: questions
What does an eclipse in Libra mean?
Astrologers treat an eclipse as a new or full Moon with the volume turned up, and read one in Libra through what they file under Libra: marriage and every other partnership, including the ones on paper. 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 Libra?
Counting from January of the year this page was built, the first eclipse in Libra is Apr 14, 2033 (total lunar eclipse, 25°07′). 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 Libra from 1900 to 2100.
How often do eclipses fall in Libra?
74 times between 1900 and 2100, 34 solar and 40 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 Libra 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 Libra happens with the Sun in Aries. Astrologers name it the same way, as a full Moon in Libra. 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 Libra are on the Aries page.