Eclipses in Sagittarius
Sagittarius leans lunar, 42 eclipses of the Moon against 34 of the Sun: the Moon's in late May and June, the Sun's in late November and December. All of them, 1900 to 2100.
Sagittarius eclipses at a glance
An eclipse in Sagittarius here means the eclipsed body was between 0° and 30° of Sagittarius. Solar eclipses in Sagittarius fall from November 22 to mid December, with the Sun in the sign; lunar ones from late May to mid June, with the Moon full in Sagittarius and the Sun opposite in Gemini. The most recent total solar eclipse in the sign was Dec 4, 2021 at 12°21′, and the next is Nov 25, 2030 at 3°02′.
- Total solar eclipse
- 11
- Annular solar eclipse
- 10
- Partial solar eclipse
- 13
- Total lunar eclipse
- 12
- Partial lunar eclipse
- 15
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
- 15
The earliest in the span is the partial lunar eclipse of at 21°33′ Sagittarius, and the latest is the penumbral lunar eclipse of at 16°19′ Sagittarius. The most recent total solar eclipse in Sagittarius before 2026 was on at 12°21′; the first from 2026 on is at 3°02′.
Upcoming eclipses in Sagittarius
The eclipses in Sagittarius 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.
Sagittarius is the far side of things: travel, belief, higher study, publishing, the foreigner and the foreign idea. Astrologers say an eclipse there tests what you believe by moving you somewhere it is not believed. People with a planet near the degree describe the month as the visa, the thesis, the argument with the church, or the flight booked in an afternoon. The lunar eclipses have the Sun opposite in Gemini. The facts get a vote.
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree of Sagittarius |
|---|---|---|
| Partial solar eclipse | 13°46′ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse | 24°38′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 3°02′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 14°30′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 26°10′ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse | 16°00′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 23°32′ | |
| Total lunar eclipse | 5°49′ |
Every eclipse in Sagittarius, 1900–2100
All 76 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 total lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021 at about 5° Sagittarius comes back as another total lunar eclipse on May 26, 2040, a third of a degree along. That is the Metonic cycle, 19 years to the day, and the catalogue holds 633 such pairs with a mean drift of 0.24°. The Saros, 18 years and 11 days, is the one that moves: each step carries the eclipse about 10.79° forward, so a Saros series crosses Sagittarius in roughly three steps.
1900s (4 eclipses)
1910s (3 eclipses)
1920s (3 eclipses)
1930s (3 eclipses)
1940s (3 eclipses)
1950s (4 eclipses)
1960s (3 eclipses)
1970s (4 eclipses)
1980s (4 eclipses)
1990s (3 eclipses)
2000s (4 eclipses)
2010s (4 eclipses)
2020s (5 eclipses)
2030s (6 eclipses)
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Partial lunar eclipse | 24°38′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 3°02′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 14°30′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 26°10′ | |
| Partial lunar eclipse | 16°00′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 23°32′ |
2040s (5 eclipses)
2050s (3 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 Sagittarius happens with the Sun in Gemini. 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 Sagittarius 1900–2100, https://astrocalcs.com/eclipses-in-sagittarius/ (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 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 Sagittarius: questions
What does an eclipse in Sagittarius mean?
Astrologers treat an eclipse as a new or full Moon with the volume turned up, and read one in Sagittarius through what they file under Sagittarius: travel, belief, higher study and publishing. 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 Sagittarius?
Counting from January of the year this page was built, the first eclipse in Sagittarius is Dec 5, 2029 (partial solar eclipse, 13°46′). 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 Sagittarius from 1900 to 2100.
How often do eclipses fall in Sagittarius?
76 times between 1900 and 2100, 34 solar and 42 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 Sagittarius 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 Sagittarius happens with the Sun in Gemini. Astrologers name it the same way, as a full Moon in Sagittarius. 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 Sagittarius are on the Gemini page.