# Eclipses 1998

> There are 5 eclipses in 1998: 2 solar and 3 lunar. Total Solar Eclipse on February 26 in Pisces; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on March 13 in Virgo; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on August 8 in Aquarius; Annular Solar Eclipse on August 22 in Leo; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on September 6 in Pisces. They fall on the Virgo-Pisces and Leo-Aquarius axes. Times are global peak times in UTC.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/eclipses/1998

| Peak (UTC) | Eclipse | Position | Nodes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1998-02-26 17:28 UTC | Total Solar Eclipse | 7°54' Pisces | North Node in Virgo |
| 1998-03-13 04:20 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse | 22°16' Virgo | North Node in Virgo |
| 1998-08-08 02:25 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse | 15°30' Aquarius | North Node in Virgo |
| 1998-08-22 02:06 UTC | Annular Solar Eclipse | 28°47' Leo | North Node in Virgo |
| 1998-09-06 11:10 UTC | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse | 13°33' Pisces | North Node in Virgo |

## Questions

### When Are the Eclipses in 1998?

There are 5 eclipses in 1998: 2 solar and 3 lunar. Total Solar Eclipse on February 26 in Pisces; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on March 13 in Virgo; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on August 8 in Aquarius; Annular Solar Eclipse on August 22 in Leo; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on September 6 in Pisces. They fall on the Virgo-Pisces and Leo-Aquarius axes. Times are global peak times in UTC.

### When Are the Solar Eclipses in 1998?

Total Solar Eclipse on February 26, 1998 at 12:28 PM ET (17:28 UTC), in Pisces; Annular Solar Eclipse on August 21, 1998 at 10:06 PM ET (02:06 UTC on August 22), in Leo.

### When Are the Lunar Eclipses in 1998?

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on March 12, 1998 at 11:20 PM ET (04:20 UTC on March 13), in Virgo; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on August 7, 1998 at 10:25 PM ET (02:25 UTC on August 8), in Aquarius; Penumbral Lunar Eclipse on September 6, 1998 at 7:10 AM ET (11:10 UTC), in Pisces.

### What Signs Are the Eclipses in During 1998?

The 1998 eclipses fall on the Virgo-Pisces, Leo-Aquarius axes, following the lunar nodes. Eclipses happen only when a New or Full Moon is close to the North or South Node.

### Where Will the Eclipse Be Visible?

Times on this page are the global peak of each eclipse. Whether you can see it depends on your location: a solar eclipse is visible only along its path, while a lunar eclipse is visible from the whole night side of Earth.

### What Do Eclipses Mean in Astrology?

Astrologers treat eclipses as amplified New and Full Moons that mark turning points, especially for the houses in your birth chart that hold the eclipse signs. Solar eclipses are read as beginnings and lunar eclipses as culminations.

### Why Do Some Sites List a Different Eclipse Date?

Most astrology sites print a single date without a time zone. An ingress at 10:49 PM in New York is already the next day in London and Sydney, so two correct sources can disagree by a day. Selfgazer gives every time in both US Eastern time and UTC, and the tables switch to your own time zone in the browser.

## Method

Positions are geocentric and tropical: apparent longitudes on the true ecliptic and equinox of date, corrected for light time and aberration. They are computed with the open-source Astronomy Engine library (VSOP87 planetary theory) and agree with the Swiss Ephemeris to within about one arcminute. The North Node is the mean node. Times are given in UTC and US Eastern time.

Source: [Selfgazer](https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/eclipses/1998). Free to cite with a link to the source page.