Eclipses in Pisces
Pisces has the fewest eclipses of any sign, 71, and its next total solar one, on Mar 20, 2034, sits at 29°52′, eight arc-minutes short of the equinox point. All 71, 1900 to 2100.
Pisces eclipses at a glance
An eclipse in Pisces means the eclipsed body stood between 0° and 30° of Pisces. Solar eclipses in Pisces fall from late February to March 20, with the Sun in the sign; lunar ones from late August to mid September, when the Moon is full in Pisces and the Sun is opposite in Virgo. Pisces's 71 eclipses are the fewest of any sign, and 15 of its 34 solar ones are annular, the joint most with Aquarius. The most recent total was Mar 9, 2016 at 18°55′.
- Total solar eclipse
- 9
- Annular solar eclipse
- 15
- Partial solar eclipse
- 10
- Total lunar eclipse
- 14
- Partial lunar eclipse
- 9
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
- 14
The earliest in the span is the annular solar eclipse of at 26°13′ Pisces, and the latest is the annular solar eclipse of at 20°25′ Pisces. The most recent total solar eclipse in Pisces before 2026 was on at 18°55′; the first from 2026 on is at 29°52′.
Upcoming eclipses in Pisces
The eclipses in Pisces 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.
Pisces gets what is out of sight: solitude, secrets, hospitals in the old books, the thing you do when nobody is watching. Astrologers say an eclipse there ends something quietly rather than starting something loudly, and people with a planet near the degree describe the month as the one they stopped pretending, or slept properly for the first time in a year. With the Sun opposite in Virgo at the lunar ones, the question tends to be whether the routine or the retreat is the real life.
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree of Pisces |
|---|---|---|
| Partial lunar eclipse | 4°51′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 29°52′ | |
| Annular solar eclipse | 19°12′ | |
| Partial solar eclipse | 8°09′ | |
| Total lunar eclipse | 26°04′ | |
| Annular solar eclipse | 9°53′ | |
| Total lunar eclipse | 15°27′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 4°36′ |
Every eclipse in Pisces, 1900–2100
All 71 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 partial lunar eclipse of Aug 28, 2026 at 4°51′ Pisces comes back penumbral on Aug 27, 2045, 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: each step moves the eclipse about 10.79° forward, so a Saros series crosses Pisces in roughly three steps and steps out into Aries.
1900s (3 eclipses)
1910s (4 eclipses)
1920s (3 eclipses)
1930s (4 eclipses)
1940s (3 eclipses)
1950s (5 eclipses)
1960s (4 eclipses)
1970s (5 eclipses)
1980s (4 eclipses)
1990s (4 eclipses)
2000s (3 eclipses)
2010s (4 eclipses)
2020s (3 eclipses)
2030s (3 eclipses)
2040s (4 eclipses)
2050s (2 eclipses)
2060s (4 eclipses)
2070s (2 eclipses)
2080s (4 eclipses)
2090s (2 eclipses)
2100s (1 eclipses)
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Annular solar eclipse | 20°25′ |
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 Pisces happens with the Sun in Virgo. 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 Pisces 1900–2100, https://astrocalcs.com/eclipses-in-pisces/ (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 Capricorn
- Eclipses in Aquarius
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 Pisces: questions
What does an eclipse in Pisces mean?
Astrologers treat an eclipse as a new or full Moon with the volume turned up, and read one in Pisces through what they file under Pisces: solitude, secrets, hospitals and whatever stays out of sight. 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 Pisces?
Counting from January of the year this page was built, the first eclipse in Pisces is Aug 28, 2026 (partial lunar eclipse, 4°51′). 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 Pisces from 1900 to 2100.
How often do eclipses fall in Pisces?
71 times between 1900 and 2100, 34 solar and 37 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 Pisces 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 Pisces happens with the Sun in Virgo. Astrologers name it the same way, as a full Moon in Pisces. 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 Pisces are on the Virgo page.