Solar eclipse of July 31, 2000
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°30′N 59°54′W / 69.5°N 59.9°W |
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 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 visible from northern Russia, northeastern Scandinavia, northern Greenland, western Canada, and the northwestern United States.
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Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2000
- A total lunar eclipse on January 21.
- A partial solar eclipse on February 5.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 1.
- A total lunar eclipse on July 16.
- A partial solar eclipse on July 31.
- A partial solar eclipse on December 25.
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]
The partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Solar eclipse series sets from 1997 to 2000 | ||||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 Totality in Chita, Russia |
March 9, 1997 Total |
0.9183 | 125 | September 2, 1997 Partial |
−1.0352 | |
130 Totality near Guadeloupe |
February 26, 1998 Total |
0.2391 | 135 | August 22, 1998 Annular |
−0.2644 | |
140 | February 16, 1999 Annular |
−0.4726 | 145 Totality in France |
August 11, 1999 Total |
0.5062 | |
150 | February 5, 2000 Partial |
−1.2233 | 155 | July 31, 2000 Partial |
1.2166 |
Saros 155 series
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 155, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928. It contains total eclipses from September 12, 2072 through August 30, 2649; hybrid eclipses from September 10, 2667 through October 2, 2703; and annular eclipses from October 13, 2721 through May 8, 3064. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 24, 3190. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of totality will be produced by member 14 at 4 minutes, 5 seconds on November 6, 2162, and the longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 63 at 5 minutes, 31 seconds on April 28, 3046. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit.[2]
Series members 1–16 occur between 1928 and 2200: | ||
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1 | 2 | 3 |
June 17, 1928 |
June 29, 1946 |
July 9, 1964 |
4 | 5 | 6 |
July 20, 1982 |
July 31, 2000 |
August 11, 2018 |
7 | 8 | 9 |
August 21, 2036 |
September 2, 2054 |
September 12, 2072 |
10 | 11 | 12 |
September 23, 2090 |
October 5, 2108 |
October 16, 2126 |
13 | 14 | 15 |
October 26, 2144 |
November 7, 2162 |
November 17, 2180 |
16 | ||
November 28, 2198 |
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 ascending node.
22 eclipse events between December 24, 1916 and July 31, 2000 | ||||
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December 24–25 | October 12 | July 31–August 1 | May 19–20 | March 7 |
111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
December 24, 1916 |
July 31, 1924 |
May 19, 1928 |
March 7, 1932 | |
121 | 123 | 125 | 127 | 129 |
December 25, 1935 |
October 12, 1939 |
August 1, 1943 |
May 20, 1947 |
March 7, 1951 |
131 | 133 | 135 | 137 | 139 |
December 25, 1954 |
October 12, 1958 |
July 31, 1962 |
May 20, 1966 |
March 7, 1970 |
141 | 143 | 145 | 147 | 149 |
December 24, 1973 |
October 12, 1977 |
July 31, 1981 |
May 19, 1985 |
March 7, 1989 |
151 | 153 | 155 | ||
December 24, 1992 |
October 12, 1996 |
July 31, 2000 |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 155". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
References
- Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- Partial Solar Eclipse: July 30/31, 2000
- www.mreclipse.com Partial Solar Eclipse of 2000 July 30/31 by Fred Espenak (Spokane, WA)
- Video of partial solar eclipse in Nizhny Tagil, Russia