| Solar eclipse of July 31, 2000 | |
|---|---|
 Map | |
| 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.
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]
| Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 Chita, Russia |
1997 March 09 Total |
0.91830 | 125 | 1997 September 02 Partial (south) |
−1.03521 | |
130.jpg) Total eclipse near Guadeloupe |
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 05 Partial (south) |
−1.22325 | 155 | 2000 July 31 Partial (north) |
1.21664 | |
Partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
It is a part of Saros cycle 155, repeating every 18 years, 11 days (223 synodic months), contains 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on June 17, 1928. It has total eclipses from September 12, 2072 to August 30, 2649. The series also has 3 hybrid eclipses from September 10, 2667 to October 3, 2703 and 20 annular eclipses from October 13, 2721 to May 8, 3064.
The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 24, 3190. The longest total eclipses will be on October 26, 2144 and on November 6, 2162, at 4 minutes and 5 seconds.[2]
| Series members 1–10 occur between 1901 and 2100: | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
 September 23, 2090 | ||
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 24–25 | October 12–13 | July 31-Aug 1 | May 18–20 | March 7–8 |
| 91 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 99 |
| December 23, 1878 | October 12, 1882 | July 31, 1886 | May 18, 1890 | March 7, 1894 |
| 101 | 103 | 105 | 107 | 109 |
| December 23, 1897 | October 12, 1901 | August 1, 1905 | May 19, 1909 | March 8, 1913 |
| 111 | 113 | 115 | 117 | 119 |
 December 24, 1916 |
October 12, 1920 |  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 | 157 | 159 |
 December 24, 1992 |
 October 12, 1996 |
July 31, 2000 |
May 19, 2004 | March 7, 2008 |
| 161 | 163 | 165 | 167 | 169 |
| December 24, 2011 | October 13, 2015 | August 1, 2019 | May 19, 2023 | March 8, 2027 |
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