July 2000 lunar eclipse
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Total Lunar Eclipse July 16, 2000 |
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The moon's path through the earth's shadow. |
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Series (and member) | 129 (37) |
Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
Totality | 1:47:00 |
Partial | 3:56:38 |
Penumbral | 6:17:54 |
Contacts | |
P1 | 10:46:38 UTC |
U1 | 11:57:17 UTC |
U2 | 13:02:05 UTC |
Greatest | 13:55:36 UTC |
U3 | 14:49:06 UTC |
U4 | 15:53:55 UTC |
P4 | 17:04:31 UTC |
The moon passed straight through the center of the earth's shadow at the descending node in Sagittarius of its orbit. |
A total lunar eclipse took place on July 16, 2000, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2000. [1]
Totality lasted for 107 minutes, the longest duration since Jul 26, 1953 and Aug 13, 1859, and next longer won't be until the year 3000.
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