Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
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 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. It was only visible over Antarctica.
Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | -1.2233 |
Magnitude | 0.5795 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 70.2°S 134.1°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 12:50:27 |
References | |
Saros | 150 (16 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9507 |
Images
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2000
Solar eclipses 1997–2000
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse 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.[1]
Solar eclipse series sets from 1997–2000 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 Chita, Russia | 1997 March 9 Total | 0.91830 | 125 | 1997 September 2 Partial | -1.03521 | |
130 Total eclipse near Guadelope | 1998 February 26 Total | 0.23909 | 135 | 1998 August 22 Annular | -0.26441 | |
140 | 1999 February 16 Annular | -0.47260 | 145 Totality from France | 1999 August 11 Total | 0.50623 | |
150 | 2000 February 5 Partial | -1.22325 | 155 | 2000 July 31 Partial | 1.21664 | |
Partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set. |
Metonic series
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). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.
22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011. | ||||
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September 11-12 | June 30-July 1 | April 17-19 | February 4-5 | November 22-23 |
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 | 158 | 160 | 162 |
September 11, 2007 |
July 1, 2011 |
April 18, 2015 | February 4, 2019 | November 23, 2022 |
References
- van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.