Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000

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| previous = Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000

| next = Solar eclipse of July 31, 2000

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, July 1, 2000,{{cite web|title=July 1, 2000 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2000-july-1|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=10 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.4768. 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.

This was the second of four partial solar eclipses in 2000, with the others occurring on February 5, July 31, and December 25.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of extreme southern South America near sunset.

Images

File:SE2000Jul01P.gif

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.{{cite web|title=Partial Solar Eclipse of 2000 Jul 01|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE2000Jul01Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=10 August 2024}}

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|+July 1, 2000 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2000 July 1 at 18:08:10.9 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2000 July 1 at 19:20:59.0 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2000 July 1 at 19:31:09.1 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2000 July 1 at 19:33:33.8 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2000 July 1 at 20:58:57.6 UTC

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|+July 1, 2000 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.47678

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.37185

Gamma

| −1.28214

Sun Right Ascension

| 06h44m34.3s

Sun Declination

| +23°02'33.1"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 15'43.8"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.6"

Moon Right Ascension

| 06h44m40.5s

Moon Declination

| +21°44'04.7"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 16'43.1"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 1°01'21.5"

ΔT

| 63.9 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight. The first and last eclipse in this sequence is separated by one synodic month.

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|+ Eclipse season of July 2000

! July 1
Ascending node (new moon)
!! July 16
Descending node (full moon)
!! July 31
Ascending node (new moon)

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| Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 117

Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 129

Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 155