Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.1367 |
Magnitude | 0.7228 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 66°18′N 74°06′W / 66.3°N 74.1°W |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 17:35:57 |
References | |
Saros | 122 (57 of 70) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9510 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 25, 2000. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
Images
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![]() Projected image of partial eclipse from Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 2000-2003
Each member in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.
Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 2000–2003 | ||||
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Ascending node | Descending node | |||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
117 | July 1, 2000![]() Partial (south) |
122 | December 25, 2000![]() Partial (north) | |
127![]() Totality from Lusaka | June 21, 2001![]() Total |
132![]() Partial from Minneapolis | December 14, 2001![]() Annular | |
137![]() Partial from Los Angeles | June 10, 2002![]() Annular |
142![]() Totality from Woomera, SA | December 4, 2002![]() Total | |
147![]() Partial from Belfort | May 31, 2003![]() Annular |
152 | November 23, 2003![]() Total |
Metonic series
Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065 | ||||
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May 20–21 | March 9 | December 25–26 | October 13–14 | August 1–2 |
118 | 120 | 122 | 124 | 126 |
![]() May 21, 1993 |
![]() March 9, 1997 |
![]() December 25, 2000 |
![]() October 14, 2004 |
![]() August 1, 2008 |
128 | 130 | 132 | 134 | 136 |
![]() May 20, 2012 |
![]() March 9, 2016 |
![]() December 26, 2019 |
![]() October 14, 2023 |
![]() August 2, 2027 |
138 | 140 | 142 | 144 | 146 |
![]() May 21, 2031 |
![]() March 9, 2035 |
![]() December 26, 2038 |
![]() October 14, 2042 |
![]() August 2, 2046 |
148 | 150 | 152 | 154 | 156 |
![]() May 20, 2050 |
![]() March 9, 2054 |
![]() December 26, 2057 |
![]() October 13, 2061 |
![]() August 2, 2065 |
158 | ||||
![]() May 20, 2069 |
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Solar eclipse of 2000 December 25. |
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- On Christmas Day, 2000, alert sky watchers across North America can enjoy a partial solar eclipse.
- Second Millennium, Last Eclipse, 1/5/2001 APOD, from Cary, North Carolina
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