solar eclipse of February 5, 2000

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| previous = Solar eclipse of August 11, 1999

| next = Solar eclipse of July 1, 2000

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A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Saturday, February 5, 2000,{{cite web|title=February 5, 2000 Partial Solar Eclipse|url=https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2000-february-5|publisher=timeanddate|access-date=10 August 2024}} with a magnitude of 0.5795. 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 first of four partial solar eclipses in 2000, with the others occurring on July 1, July 31, and December 25.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica.

Images

File:SE2000Feb05P.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 Feb 05|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1901-2000/SE2000Feb05Pprime.html|publisher=EclipseWise.com|access-date=10 August 2024}}

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|+February 5, 2000 Solar Eclipse Times

! Event

! Time (UTC)

First Penumbral External Contact

| 2000 February 05 at 10:56:47.8 UTC

Equatorial Conjunction

| 2000 February 05 at 12:20:54.0 UTC

Greatest Eclipse

| 2000 February 05 at 12:50:26.9 UTC

Ecliptic Conjunction

| 2000 February 05 at 13:04:20.3 UTC

Last Penumbral External Contact

| 2000 February 05 at 14:44:14.8 UTC

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|+February 5, 2000 Solar Eclipse Parameters

! Parameter

! Value

Eclipse Magnitude

| 0.57949

Eclipse Obscuration

| 0.46882

Gamma

| −1.22325

Sun Right Ascension

| 21h13m55.0s

Sun Declination

| -16°02'00.9"

Sun Semi-Diameter

| 16'13.3"

Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 08.9"

Moon Right Ascension

| 21h14m52.3s

Moon Declination

| -17°07'51.7"

Moon Semi-Diameter

| 15'01.4"

Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax

| 0°55'08.1"

ΔT

| 63.8 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.

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|+ Eclipse season of January–February 2000

! January 21
Ascending node (full moon)
!! February 5
Descending node (new moon)

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| Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 124

Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 150