Eclipses in Virgo
Virgo splits its eclipses exactly, 39 solar and 39 lunar, and the last eclipse in the whole catalogue falls here, on Sep 4, 2100. Every eclipse in Virgo, 1900 to 2100.
Virgo eclipses at a glance
An eclipse in Virgo means the eclipsed body stood between 0° and 30° of Virgo. Solar eclipses in Virgo fall from August 23 to September 23, with the Sun in the sign; lunar ones from late February to mid March, when the Moon is full in Virgo and the Sun is opposite in Pisces. Eighteen of the solar eclipses were total, the joint highest count with Gemini, though the last was Sep 22, 1968 and the next is Sep 2, 2035.
- Total solar eclipse
- 18
- Annular solar eclipse
- 8
- Partial solar eclipse
- 13
- Total lunar eclipse
- 14
- Partial lunar eclipse
- 10
- Penumbral lunar eclipse
- 15
The earliest in the span is the total solar eclipse of at 27°01′ Virgo, and the latest is the total solar eclipse of at 11°57′ Virgo. The most recent total solar eclipse in Virgo before 2026 was on at 29°30′; the first from 2026 on is at 9°27′.
Upcoming eclipses in Virgo
The eclipses in Virgo 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.
An eclipse is the least routine thing in the sky, and Virgo is the sign astrologers give to routine: work, health, the small repairs. So the reading is that an eclipse there interrupts a routine to show what it was for. People with a planet near the degree describe the ache that turned out to be the chair, the job that changed shape under them, the cupboard finally sorted. With the Sun opposite in Pisces at the lunar ones, the question is whether the routine was serving anything at all.
| Date (UTC) | Kind | Degree of Virgo |
|---|---|---|
| Total lunar eclipse | 12°51′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 1°58′ | |
| Annular solar eclipse | 19°58′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 3°39′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 9°27′ | |
| Total lunar eclipse | 23°50′ | |
| Total solar eclipse | 0°34′ | |
| Penumbral lunar eclipse | 13°01′ |
Every eclipse in Virgo, 1900–2100
All 78 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 Mar 3, 2026 at 12°51′ Virgo returns on Mar 3, 2045, penumbral this time, a few arc-minutes along. Nineteen years, same date, same degree near enough: the Metonic cycle, 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 Virgo in roughly three steps and moves on.
1900s (5 eclipses)
1910s (3 eclipses)
1920s (6 eclipses)
1930s (3 eclipses)
1940s (5 eclipses)
1950s (2 eclipses)
1960s (6 eclipses)
1970s (3 eclipses)
1980s (6 eclipses)
1990s (2 eclipses)
2000s (5 eclipses)
2010s (2 eclipses)
2020s (4 eclipses)
2030s (3 eclipses)
2040s (3 eclipses)
2050s (4 eclipses)
2060s (3 eclipses)
2070s (4 eclipses)
2080s (3 eclipses)
2090s (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 Virgo happens with the Sun in Pisces. 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 Virgo 1900–2100, https://astrocalcs.com/eclipses-in-virgo/ (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 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 Virgo: questions
What does an eclipse in Virgo mean?
Astrologers treat an eclipse as a new or full Moon with the volume turned up, and read one in Virgo through what they file under Virgo: work, health, routines and the small repairs. 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 Virgo?
Counting from January of the year this page was built, the first eclipse in Virgo is Mar 3, 2026 (total lunar eclipse, 12°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 Virgo from 1900 to 2100.
How often do eclipses fall in Virgo?
78 times between 1900 and 2100, 39 solar and 39 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 Virgo 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 Virgo happens with the Sun in Pisces. Astrologers name it the same way, as a full Moon in Virgo. 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 Virgo are on the Pisces page.