# Eclipses 2003

> There are 4 eclipses in 2003: 2 solar and 2 lunar. Total Lunar Eclipse on May 16 in Scorpio; Annular Solar Eclipse on May 31 in Gemini; Total Lunar Eclipse on November 9 in Taurus; Total Solar Eclipse on November 23 in Sagittarius. They fall on the Taurus-Scorpio and Gemini-Sagittarius axes. Times are global peak times in UTC.

Canonical page: https://www.selfgazer.com/sky/eclipses/2003

| Peak (UTC) | Eclipse | Position | Nodes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2003-05-16 03:40 UTC | Total Lunar Eclipse | 24°55' Scorpio | North Node in Taurus |
| 2003-05-31 04:08 UTC | Annular Solar Eclipse | 9°19' Gemini | North Node in Taurus |
| 2003-11-09 01:18 UTC | Total Lunar Eclipse | 16°15' Taurus | North Node in Taurus |
| 2003-11-23 22:49 UTC | Total Solar Eclipse | 1°13' Sagittarius | North Node in Taurus |

## Questions

### When Are the Eclipses in 2003?

There are 4 eclipses in 2003: 2 solar and 2 lunar. Total Lunar Eclipse on May 16 in Scorpio; Annular Solar Eclipse on May 31 in Gemini; Total Lunar Eclipse on November 9 in Taurus; Total Solar Eclipse on November 23 in Sagittarius. They fall on the Taurus-Scorpio and Gemini-Sagittarius axes. Times are global peak times in UTC.

### When Are the Solar Eclipses in 2003?

Annular Solar Eclipse on May 31, 2003 at 12:08 AM ET (04:08 UTC), in Gemini; Total Solar Eclipse on November 23, 2003 at 5:49 PM ET (22:49 UTC), in Sagittarius.

### When Are the Lunar Eclipses in 2003?

Total Lunar Eclipse on May 15, 2003 at 11:40 PM ET (03:40 UTC on May 16), in Scorpio; Total Lunar Eclipse on November 8, 2003 at 8:18 PM ET (01:18 UTC on November 9), in Taurus.

### What Signs Are the Eclipses in During 2003?

The 2003 eclipses fall on the Taurus-Scorpio, Gemini-Sagittarius 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/2003). Free to cite with a link to the source page.