A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Saturday, July 1, 2000, 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.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of July 1, 2000(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Easter Island 13:19:48 13:36:49 13:53:46 0:34 0.35% Puerto Williams 15:32:37 16:08:00 16:12:56 (sunset) 0:40 14.58% Ushuaia 16:31:57 17:11:38 17:16:32 (sunset) 0:45 15.50% Río Grande 16:34:54 17:14:43 17:20:07 (sunset) 0:45 14.04% Punta Arenas 15:31:40 16:15:25 16:36:27 (sunset) 1:05 15.35% El Calafate 16:35:30 17:17:33 17:56:06 (sunset) 1:21 12.74% Río Gallegos 16:37:27 17:18:20 17:37:41 (sunset) 1:00 12.41% Coyhaique 15:47:51 16:22:39 16:56:00 1:08 6.66% Facundo 16:52:53 17:24:33 17:54:59 1:02 5.15% Puerto Deseado 16:53:07 17:24:50 17:41:52 (sunset) 0:49 5.68% Puerto Montt 15:59:52 16:25:43 16:50:42 0:51 2.53% Comodoro Rivadavia 16:56:09 17:25:47 17:54:20 0:59 4.41% Esquel 16:58:15 17:25:48 17:52:23 0:54 3.21% Osorno 16:03:16 16:26:20 16:48:41 0:45 1.77% Valdivia 16:06:44 16:26:52 16:46:28 0:40 1.17% Bariloche 17:05:49 17:27:25 17:48:23 0:43 1.51% Camarones 17:03:55 17:28:03 17:51:27 0:49 2.42% Villarrica 16:13:34 16:28:12 16:42:34 0:29 0.46% Temuco 16:16:17 16:28:20 16:40:11 0:24 0.25% Rawson 17:12:35 17:29:56 17:46:53 0:34 0.89%References:
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.
+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
+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.
+ Eclipse season of July 2000 July 1Ascending node (new moon) July 16Descending node (full moon) July 31Ascending node (new moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 117 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 129 Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 155
Related eclipses Eclipses in 2000 A total lunar eclipse on January 21. A partial solar eclipse on February 5. A partial solar eclipse on July 1. A total lunar eclipse on July 16. A partial solar eclipse on July 31. A partial solar eclipse on December 25.
Metonic Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 19, 2004
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 21, 1993
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of June 27, 1991 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of July 7, 2009
Tritos Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 1, 2011
Solar Saros 117 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 1982 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 13, 2018
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 12, 2029
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 31, 1913 Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 2, 2087
Solar eclipses of 2000–2003
Saros 117
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
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