| Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.1367 |
| Magnitude | 0.7228 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 66.3N 74.1W |
| 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 partially 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.
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Projected image of partial eclipse from Minneapolis, Minnesota |
This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours 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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
| 117 | July 1, 2000 Partial (south) |
122 | December 25, 2000 Partial (north) |
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| 127 Totality from Zambia |
June 21, 2001 Total |
132 Partial from Minneapolis, MN |
December 14, 2001 Annular |
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| 137 Partial Los Angeles, CA |
June 10, 2002 Annular |
142 | December 4, 2002 Total |
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| 147 Partial from Belfort |
May 31, 2003 Annular |
152 | November 23, 2003 Total |
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The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days).
This series has 21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069.
| May 20-21 | March 9 | December 25-26 | October 13-14 | August 1-2 |
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| 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 |
