| Solar eclipse of July 31, 2000 | |
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| Type of eclipse | |
| Nature | Partial |
| Gamma | 1.2166 |
| Magnitude | 0.6034 |
| Maximum eclipse | |
| Coordinates | 69.5N 59.9W |
| Times (UTC) | |
| Greatest eclipse | 2:14:08 |
| References | |
| Saros | 155 (5 of 71) |
| Catalog # (SE5000) | 9508 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on July 31, 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 visible from northern Russia, northeastern Scandinavia, northern Greenland, western Canada, northwestern United States.
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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 21 eclipse events between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2076.
| July 31-Aug 1 | May 19-20 | March 7 | December 24-25 | October 12 |
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| 115 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 123 |
July 31, 1924 |
May 19, 1928 |
March 7, 1932 |
December 25, 1935 |
October 12, 1939 |
| 125 | 127 | 129 | 131 | 133 |
August 1, 1943 |
May 20, 1947 |
March 7, 1951 |
December 25, 1954 |
October 12, 1958 |
| 135 | 137 | 139 | 141 | 143 |
July 31, 1962 |
May 20, 1966 |
March 7, 1970 |
December 24, 1973 |
October 12, 1977 |
| 145 | 147 | 149 | 151 | 153 |
July 31, 1981 |
May 19, 1985 |
March 7, 1989 |
December 24, 1992 |
October 12, 1996 |
| 155 | ||||
July 31, 2000 |
