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
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

Related eclipses

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.

Solar eclipse series sets from 2000–2003
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Map		Saros	Map
117	July 1, 2000 Partial (south)		122	December 25, 2000 Partial (north)
127 Totality from Lusaka	June 21, 2001 Total		132 Partial from Minneapolis	December 14, 2001 Annular
137 Partial from Los Angeles	June 10, 2002 Annular		142 Totality from Woomera, SA	December 4, 2002 Total
147 Partial from Belfort	May 31, 2003 Annular		152	November 23, 2003 Total

Metonic series

Octon series with 21 events between May 21, 1993 and August 2, 2065
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

External links

• Earth visibility chart and eclipse statistics Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
  • Besselian elements

• On Christmas Day, 2000, alert sky watchers across North America can enjoy a partial solar eclipse.
• Second Millennium, Last Eclipse, 1/5/2001 APOD, from Cary, North Carolina