Penumbral lunar eclipse 20 February 2027, Virgo
The Full Moon of 20 February 2027 is a penumbral lunar eclipse, greatest at 23:12 UTC with the Moon at 1°58′ Virgo and Mars beside it. Exact time in your zone, the eclipse season with 6 February, and what it means for each sign.
The dates, degrees and times
| Moment | When (UTC) | Where |
|---|---|---|
Greatest eclipse | 1°58′ Virgo | |
Type | Penumbral lunar eclipse | — |
Position | Moon at 1°58′ Virgo, opposite the Sun at 2°05′ Pisces | — |
Nearest lunar node | South Node at 20°08′ Leo, 11.8° from the eclipse | — |
The other eclipse this season | Annular solar eclipse · 17°37′ Aquarius | |
Planets beside the eclipse | Mars at 0°14′ Virgo, 1.7° away | — |
Retrograde at the peak | Mercury, Mars, Jupiter | — |
Computed with the Lunonis ephemeris (geocentric, tropical zodiac, true equinox of date). Times are UTC and good to about a minute; for stations, where the planet barely moves, to a few minutes.
Lunar eclipse, 20 February 2027
The Full Moon of 20 February 2027 passes through the Earth’s outer shadow, the penumbra, with greatest eclipse at 23:12 UTC. The Moon is at 1°58′ Virgo, opposite the Sun at 2°05′ Pisces. A penumbral eclipse is subtle: the Moon dims a little, most visibly on one side of its disc, and many people would not notice without being told. It can be seen from wherever the Moon is up at that hour.
The chart around it is anything but quiet. Retrograde Mars sits less than 2° from the eclipsed Moon, a day after its opposition to the Sun, and Mercury is retrograde as well. This eclipse closes the season that opened with the annular solar eclipse in Aquarius on 6 February: if that one started something, this one shows what has to be let go to make room for it.
What it means for each sign
Houses are whole-sign solar houses counted from each Sun sign. If you know your birth time, count from your Rising sign instead: that house is the one that applies to you.
| Sun sign | House | Where it shows up |
|---|---|---|
Aries | 6th house | Something about daily work, routines and health habits reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Taurus | 5th house | Something about romance, creativity, children and play reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Gemini | 4th house | Something about home, family and roots reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Cancer | 3rd house | Something about everyday talk, siblings, short trips and learning reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Leo | 2nd house | Something about money, possessions and self-worth reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Virgo | 1st house | Something about yourself, your body and how you come across reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Libra | 12th house | Something about rest, solitude, the hidden and the unfinished reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Scorpio | 11th house | Something about friends, groups, networks and hopes reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Sagittarius | 10th house | Something about career, reputation and public direction reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Capricorn | 9th house | Something about travel, study, beliefs and the bigger picture reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Aquarius | 8th house | Something about shared money, debts, intimacy and what you owe reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Pisces | 7th house | Something about partners, contracts and one-to-one ties reaches a peak or a conclusion; let it finish. |
Your Rising sign decides which house this lands in
A Sun-sign reading is one twelfth of the picture. Your free birth chart shows your Rising sign and every planet, so you can see where this event really falls for you; the monthly forecast then reads the transits against your own chart.
Asked and answered
When exactly is the eclipse?
Greatest eclipse is on 20 Feb 2027, 23:12 UTC: a penumbral lunar eclipse at 1°58′ Virgo. The table above also shows it in your own time zone.
Will I see the 20 February 2027 lunar eclipse?
If the Moon is above your horizon at 23:12 UTC you are in the right place, but expect only a faint shading of the Moon: a penumbral eclipse never shows the dark bite or the red colour of a partial or total one. Europe and Africa see it in the late evening, the Americas earlier in the evening, Asia in the early morning of 21 February.
Which signs feel it most?
It falls in Virgo, so for those Sun signs it is in the 1st house, the most personal one. Every sign meets it somewhere: the table shows the house for each. More precise is your own chart: if you have planets or your Rising sign near 1°58′ Virgo, it is a bigger event for you.