| Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | -1.2233 |
| Magnitude | 0.5795 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 70.2S 134.1E |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 12:50:27 |
| References | |
| Saros | 150 (16 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9507 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on February 5, 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.
It was only visible over Antarctica.
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This set of solar eclipses repeat approximately every 177 days and 4 hours at alternating nodes of the moon's orbit.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
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| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
| 120 | March 9, 1997 Total |
125 | September 2, 1997 Partial |
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| 130 | February 26, 1998 Total |
135 | August 22, 1998 Annular |
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| 140 | February 16, 1999 Annular |
145 Totality France |
August 11, 1999 Total |
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| 150 | February 5, 2000 Partial |
155 | July 31, 2000 Partial |
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| Partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set. | ||||||
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 22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011.
| September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 18-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
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| 114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
September 12, 1931 |
June 30, 1935 |
April 19, 1939 |
February 4, 1943 |
November 23, 1946 |
| 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
September 12, 1950 |
June 30, 1954 |
April 19, 1958 |
February 5, 1962 |
November 23, 1965 |
| 134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
September 11, 1969 |
June 30, 1973 |
April 18, 1977 |
February 4, 1981 |
November 22, 1984 |
| 144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
September 11, 1988 |
June 30, 1992 |
April 17, 1996 |
February 5, 2000 |
November 23, 2003 |
| 154 | 156 | |||
September 11, 2007 |
July 1, 2011 |
