Fortune Cookies
Eclipses by Year: 1900–2050
In 1996 4 eclipses: April 3 – lunar eclipse; April 17 – solar eclipse; September 26 – lunar eclipse; October 12 – solar eclipse. They form 2 eclipse seasons – the stretches between paired eclipses, when events tend to arrive especially thick and fast. Eastern Time; the moment given is the eclipse maximum.
Eclipse season: April 3 – April 17
These eclipses are 14 days apart. During the eclipse season, the decisions you would normally make can be harder: the circumstances are still shifting. Worth watching, and worth not rushing anything final.
Lunar Eclipse in Libra
- Type
- Total
- Degree
- 14°32′34″ Libra
- Magnitude
- 1,381
An amplified full moon: whatever ripened becomes visible in full. The tone is set by Libra.
Solar Eclipse in Aries
- Type
- Partial
- Degree
- 28°11′11″ Aries
- Magnitude
- 0,897
An amplified new moon: the point a new storyline starts from. The tone runs fast, head-on, no warm-up.
Eclipse season: September 26 – October 12
These eclipses are 15 days apart. During the eclipse season, the decisions you would normally make can be harder: the circumstances are still shifting. Worth watching, and worth not rushing anything final.
Lunar Eclipse in Aries
- Type
- Total
- Degree
- 4°19′16″ Aries
- Magnitude
- 1,241
An amplified full moon: whatever ripened becomes visible in full. The tone is set by Aries.
Solar Eclipse in Libra
- Type
- Partial
- Degree
- 19°31′15″ Libra
- Magnitude
- 0,774
An amplified new moon: the point a new storyline starts from. The tone runs diplomatically, gracefully, with the other person in mind.
Eclipses in other years
How this is calculated. Our numbers come from the Moira 6.1.0 engine running on NASA JPL DE440 ephemerides, tropical zodiac, Eastern Time, data updated Aug 8, 2026. More on our method →
See Also
The wheel uses the tropical zodiac, 0° Aries on the left, signs running counterclockwise. The lines in the middle are the exact angles between planets at that moment.