January 2000 lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse took place on Friday 21 January 2000, the first of two total lunar eclipses in 2000.

Total Lunar Eclipse
21 January 2000

Partial from Buenos Aires, 3:20 UTC

The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's shadow, shown in hourly intervals.
Series (and member)124 (48 of 74)
Gamma-0.2957
Magnitude1.3246
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality1:16:59
Partial3:23:19
Penumbral5:18:12
Contacts (UTC)
P12:04:26
U13:01:50
U24:05:01
Greatest4:43:31
U35:22:00
U46:25:09
P47:22:38

The Moon passed straight through the center of the Earth's shadow at the descending node in Saggitarius.

Visibility

Eclipses of 2000

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
109 1998 Aug 08
penumbral
1.4876 114 1999 Jan 31
penumbral
−1.0190
119 1999 Jul 28
partial
0.7863 124
2000 Jan 21
total
−0.2957
129 2000 Jul 16
total
0.0302 134
2001 Jan 09
total
0.3720
139 2001 Jul 05
partial
−0.7287 144 2001 Dec 30
penumbral
1.0732
149 2002 Jun 24
penumbral
−1.4440
Last set 1998 Sep 06 Last set 1998 Mar 13
Next set 2002 May 26 Next set 2002 Nov 20

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 20 total eclipses between April 24, 1967 and August 11, 2185, only being partial on November 19, 2021.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2087)
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
chart
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
chart
115 1901 Oct 27
Partial
116 1912 Sep 26
Partial
117 1923 Aug 26
Partial
118 1934 Jul 26
Partial
119 1945 Jun 25
Partial
120 1956 May 24
Partial
121 1967 Apr 24
Total
122 1978 Mar 24
Total
123 1989 Feb 20
Total
124 2000 Jan 21
Total
125 2010 Dec 21
Total
126 2021 Nov 19
Partial
127 2032 Oct 18
Total
128 2043 Sep 19
Total
129 2054 Aug 18
Total
130 2065 Jul 17
Total
131 2076 Jun 17
Total
132 2087 May 17
Total
133 2098 Apr 15
Total

Half-Saros cycle

A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 131.

January 15, 1991 January 26, 2009

See also

References

  1. Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
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