Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000

Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
Map
Type of eclipse
Nature Partial
Gamma 1.1367
Magnitude 0.7228
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates 66°18′N 74°06′W / 66.3°N 74.1°W / 66.3; -74.1
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 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.

Images


Animation

Projected image of partial eclipse
from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Solar eclipses 2000-2003

Each member 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.

Note: Partial solar eclipses on February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year set.

Metonic series

References

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