Lunar Eclipse in Pisces, August 2026
Exact on August 28, 2026 at 06:12 (CEST). Read what this moment in the sky means and how it might play out for your zodiac sign.
This event took place on
August 28, 2026, 06:12
Next time: February 21, 2027
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The facts at a glance
Lunar Eclipse in Pisces
Exact moment
August 28, 2026, 06:12
CEST · 04:12 UT
Countdown
Over
on August 28, 2026
Zodiac
Pisces
4°50'
Event type
Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse in Pisces
How often?
2.3 times a year
this one is partial, like 26.6 % of all lunar eclipses
Next time
February 21, 2027
Lunar Eclipse in Virgo
How we calculated this
Computed to the minute with the Swiss Ephemeris (NASA JPL data), tropical zodiac. The time is German time, Universal Time (UT) is the time at the prime meridian.
Source: planet positions from the Swiss Ephemeris (NASA JPL data), the same basis professional astrology software uses.
4°50' Pisces
On August 28, 2026 a lunar eclipse takes place in Pisces.
What Pisces adds
The sign gives the moment its colour. Pisces stands for the themes of the day for everyone; for you it depends on where Pisces sits in your chart.
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Who notices it most
- PiscesThe sign itself
- VirgoOpposite
- GeminiAt a right angle
- SagittariusAt a right angle
With the Sun, Moon or Ascendant in one of these signs, many notice a day like this more clearly. Who do you know with one of them?
Why these four?
The moment sits at 4°50' Pisces. The four signs lie right there, opposite, or at a right angle to it. Astrology counts these angles as the most noticeable: what happens there nudges, challenges or sets something in motion.
What the lunar eclipse can do
Depending on the area of life it falls into in a chart, it shows up differently. These are the twelve possibilities:
- Fresh startSelf & new starts
- Treasure huntMoney & values
- SignalTalk & close circle
- NestingHome & family
- HeartbeatLove & joy
- Clear-outRoutine & health
- MirrorRelationships
- Deep diveIntimacy & change
- WanderlustTravel & meaning
- SummitCareer & goals
- NetworkFriends & plans
- RetreatRetreat & dreams
A note to future you
Open on
February 21, 2027
Lunar Eclipse in Virgo
- 1What is on your mind most right now?
- 2What should be different by then?
- 3Who do you want to tell about it then?
Write down the three answers today and read them again on February 21, 2027. Who joins you?
All 4 eclipses of 2026
Every full moon in your calendar
- Full moon
- New moon
- Eclipse
- Mercury retrograde
The dates appear in your calendar on their own, each with a link to its explanation. Remove it any time.
What does this mean?
On August 28, 2026 at 06:12 (CEST), a lunar eclipse takes place in Pisces. It works like a Full Moon turned up loud, because Earth casts its shadow onto the Moon. In astrology, eclipses mark major turning points. Whatever surfaces or ends around now tends to echo for a long time.
What does the Moon mean?
Your Moon is the inner life: moods, habits, home. It tells what feeds you, what triggers you, and how you get back to feeling safe when everything gets too noisy, whether that's tea on the sofa or a call to your sister. The Sun describes the person you want to be. The Moon is who you are with no one looking, down to your reflexes, longings and dreams.
What does the Full Moon mean?
Full Moon: the Sun and Moon stand opposite each other, so the Moon is fully lit. What has been building for two weeks becomes visible now. Many people feel it as a peak, a moment to notice what is really going on.
What does Pisces mean?
Pisces blurs the edges. Think art, compassion, the sea where everything runs together. Pisces feels what other people feel before they know it themselves. Where Pisces is active, something gets dreamed, sung, prayed or painted, and a space opens where the hard daily grind turns soft for a while.
Lunar Eclipse in Pisces
The Full Moon in Pisces brings dreams and longing to a peak. Feelings that usually drift without a name rise into awareness now and ask for a gentle response.
What it means for your zodiac sign?
A short reading for each sun sign. You feel the moment most where it hits a point in your own chart directly.
Aries
Aries sits at the edge this time. From there you can calmly watch what unfolds. The focus is your feelings, home and needs: eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Taurus
The sign Taurus sits at an easy angle to this event. Many people find days like this lighter. Is that true for you? This moment shines a light on your feelings, home and needs, and eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Gemini
For Gemini, a moment like this can feel like a quiet pull. Where are you meeting some headwind right now? These days, look closely at your feelings, home and needs, since eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Cancer
As Cancer, you are among the signs that tend to feel support rather than pressure on days like this. Do you notice any of that? The focus is your feelings, home and needs: eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Leo
For Leo this mostly happens in the background. Rather than an upheaval, maybe one small thing shifts. This moment shines a light on your feelings, home and needs, and eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Virgo
For Virgo, a moment like this can feel like a quiet pull. Where are you meeting some headwind right now? These days, look closely at your feelings, home and needs, since eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Libra
Libra sits at the edge this time. From there you can calmly watch what unfolds. The focus is your feelings, home and needs: eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Scorpio
The sign Scorpio sits at an easy angle to this event. Many people find days like this lighter. Is that true for you? This moment shines a light on your feelings, home and needs, and eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Sagittarius
For Sagittarius, a moment like this can feel like a quiet pull. Where are you meeting some headwind right now? These days, look closely at your feelings, home and needs, since eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Fire signs often get going by doing. Pick one small action for the day that you will actually finish.
Capricorn
As Capricorn, you are among the signs that tend to feel support rather than pressure on days like this. Do you notice any of that? The focus is your feelings, home and needs: eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Earth signs usually want something they can hold. Turn the impulse into one practical step.
Aquarius
For Aquarius this mostly happens in the background. Rather than an upheaval, maybe one small thing shifts. This moment shines a light on your feelings, home and needs, and eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. Air signs like to sort their thoughts in words. Tell someone what is shifting, or write it down.
Pisces
With Pisces, it lands directly on your own sign. Days like that often show you yourself a little more clearly. These days, look closely at your feelings, home and needs, since eclipses count as turning points, so even small decisions reach further than usual. With water signs, feelings often speak first. Take a quiet moment and listen to what they are saying.
Tips & rituals
4 ideas for this day
- 1Keep the day simple. Eclipses are considered intense, so watching gets you further than forcing.
- 2Write down what ends or begins around the eclipse. Six months from now, those lines are worth rereading.
- 3Big decisions can wait a few days until the dust settles.
- 4Find the eclipse sign in your birth chart. That area is often where a new chapter opens.
Where does this moment hit your chart?
The sky does the same thing for everyone. What reaches you depends on where this moment touches your birth chart. Take a free look at where it lands for you.
Your time windows
Your Time Windows
With dates, and with what you can check in each window.
- Your windowsCheck, prepare, act
- Emotional seasonWhich phase you are in
- DirectionWhere your focus is shifting
- Work & pressureWhat your work demands
- What emergesWhat ends and begins
- Your 90 daysA plan for three months
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Lunar Eclipse in Pisces 2026 by the numbers
The lunar eclipse of August 28, 2026 peaks at 06:12 (CEST). At that moment the Moon stands at 4°50' Pisces. A full moon turns into an eclipse when it falls close enough to one of the lunar nodes. Those are the two points where the paths of Sun and Moon cross.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Exact moment | August 28, 2026, 06:12 (CEST) |
| Universal Time | 04:12 UT |
| Event type | Eclipse |
| Moon | 4°50' Pisces |
| Sun | 4°53' Virgo |
| Eclipse type | partial |
| Underlying lunation | Full Moon in Pisces · August 28, 2026 |
| Partner eclipse | Solar Eclipse in Leo · August 12, 2026 |
| Next occurrence | Lunar Eclipse in Virgo · February 21, 2027 |
The moon phase behind it has a page of its own too: Full Moon in Pisces. Eclipses arrive in pairs. This season's partner eclipse falls on August 12, 2026. The next lunar eclipse follows on February 21, 2027. The Pisces sign profile explains the sign, and the 2026 astrology calendar has every date. The list of every eclipse shows how the series hangs together.
How to read the data
- Type: total, partial, annular or penumbral tells you how much of the disc gets covered. For the astrological reading, the sign counts for more.
- Visibility: your location decides whether you can watch it yourself. The astrological moment is identical everywhere on Earth.
How often is there a lunar eclipse?
A year brings 2.28 lunar eclipses on average, anywhere from 2 to 4 depending on the year. Just 36.2 % of them are total. This one is partial, as were 26.6 % of all lunar eclipses from 1900 to 2100.
For an eclipse, a full moon has to happen while the Moon sits near one of its nodes, the two spots where its path crosses the Sun's. The timing works out roughly every six months, so eclipses arrive in pairs.
Pisces saw 37 lunar eclipses between 1900 and 2100. The one before this fell on 7 September 2025, the one after follows on 19 September 2043.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Counted | 1900–2100 |
| Per year on average | 2.28 |
| At least / at most per year | 2 / 4 |
| Of which total | 36.2 % |
| Share "partial" | 26.6 % |
| Lunar eclipses in Pisces | 37 |
| Previous lunar eclipse | 3 March 2026 |
| Next lunar eclipse | 21 February 2027 |
We ran every day from 1900 to 2100 through the Swiss Ephemeris, using the same rules as this calendar. All dates are in German time.
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Common questions
- When is the Lunar Eclipse in Pisces in 2026?
- The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces is on August 28, 2026 at 06:12 CEST (04:12 UT).
- What does the Lunar Eclipse in Pisces mean?
- The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces amplifies that day's full moon, because the Sun and Moon line up close to the lunar nodes. Whatever has ripened in Pisces shows up more clearly than at an ordinary full moon. Many people experience days like this as a turning point. See what is moving for you.
- Which zodiac signs does the Lunar Eclipse in Pisces affect most?
- Usually it's Pisces, because the event takes place in that sign. Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius often notice it as well. They sit square or opposite, and a tense angle like that simply means these signs rub against the theme. Check it against your own chart. Further down you'll find a short reading for all 12 signs.