Fortune Cookies
Eclipses by Year: 1900–2050
In 2016 4 eclipses: March 8 – solar eclipse; March 23 – lunar eclipse; September 1 – solar eclipse; September 16 – lunar 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: March 8 – March 23
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.
Solar Eclipse in Pisces
- Type
- Total
- Degree
- 18°55′48″ Pisces
- Magnitude
- 1,045
An amplified new moon: the point a new storyline starts from. The tone runs softly, intuitively, and without hard edges.
Lunar Eclipse in Libra
- Type
- Penumbral
- Degree
- 3°10′50″ Libra
- Magnitude
- 0,774
An amplified full moon: whatever ripened becomes visible in full. The tone is set by Libra.
Eclipse season: September 1 – September 16
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.
Solar Eclipse in Virgo
- Type
- Annular
- Degree
- 9°21′20″ Virgo
- Magnitude
- 0,974
An amplified new moon: the point a new storyline starts from. The tone runs carefully, to the point, with an eye on the details.
Lunar Eclipse in Pisces
- Type
- Penumbral
- Degree
- 24°13′46″ Pisces
- Magnitude
- 0,907
An amplified full moon: whatever ripened becomes visible in full. The tone is set by Pisces.
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.