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Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
Partial eclipse
Projected partial eclipse from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Map
Gamma1.1367
Magnitude0.7228
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates66°18′N 74°06′W / 66.3°N 74.1°W / 66.3; -74.1
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse17:35:57
References
Saros122 (57 of 70)
Catalog # (SE5000)9510

A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 25, 2000. Template:Partial solar eclipse summary

Images


Animation
Projected image of partial eclipse
from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Solar eclipses 2000-2003

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 February 5, 2000 and July 31, 2000 occur in the previous lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2000 to 2003
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
117 July 1, 2000

Partial 		−1.28214 122

Partial projection in Minneapolis, MN, USA 		December 25, 2000

Partial 		1.13669
127

Totality in Lusaka, Zambia 		June 21, 2001

Total 		−0.57013 132

Partial in Minneapolis, MN, USA 		December 14, 2001

Annular 		0.40885
137

Partial in Los Angeles, CA, USA 		June 10, 2002

Annular 		0.19933 142

Totality in Woomera, South Australia 		December 4, 2002

Total 		−0.30204
147

Annularity in Culloden, Scotland 		May 31, 2003

Annular 		0.99598 152
 November 23, 2003

Total 		−0.96381

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.

21 eclipse events between May 21, 1993 and May 20, 2069
May 20–21 March 9 December 25–26 October 13–14 August 1–2
118 120 122 124 126

May 21, 1993
March 9, 1997
December 25, 2000
October 14, 2004
August 1, 2008
128 130 132 134 136

May 20, 2012
March 9, 2016
December 26, 2019
October 14, 2023
August 2, 2027
138 140 142 144 146

May 21, 2031
March 9, 2035
December 26, 2038
October 14, 2042
August 2, 2046
148 150 152 154 156

May 20, 2050
March 9, 2054
December 26, 2057
October 13, 2061
August 2, 2065
158

May 20, 2069

References

  1. ^ 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.
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