January 2000 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
21 January 2000
Eclipse Lunar Total 21.01.2000 (cropped).jpg
Partial from Buenos Aires, 3:20 UTC
Lunar eclipse chart close-2000Jan21.png
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
Magnitude 1.3246
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
Lunar eclipse chart-00jul16.png
The Moon passed straight through the center of the Earth's shadow at the descending node in Sagittarius.

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

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Visibility

Lunar eclipse from moon-2000Jan21.png

Eclipses of 2000

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node Ascending node
Saros Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
GammaSarosDate
Viewing
Type
Chart
Gamma
109 1998 Aug 08
Lunar eclipse from moon-1998Aug08.png
penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1998Aug08.png
1.4876114 1999 Jan 31
Lunar eclipse from moon-1999Jan31.png
penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-1999Jan31.png
−1.0190
119 1999 Jul 28
Lunar eclipse from moon-1999Jul28.png
partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1999Jul28.png
0.7863124
Eclipse Lunar Total 21.01.2000 (cropped).jpg
2000 Jan 21
Lunar eclipse from moon-2000Jan21.png
total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2000Jan21.png
−0.2957
129 2000 Jul 16
Lunar eclipse from moon-2000Jul16.png
total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2000jul16.png
0.0302134
January 9, 2001 lunar eclipse (49737183678) (cropped).jpg
2001 Jan 09
Lunar eclipse from moon-2001Jan09.png
total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2001Jan09.png
0.3720
139 2001 Jul 05
Lunar eclipse from moon-2001Jul05.png
partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-2001Jul05.png
−0.7287144 2001 Dec 30
Lunar eclipse from moon-2001Dec30.png
penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-2001Dec30.png
1.0732
149 2002 Jun 24
Lunar eclipse from moon-2002Jun24.png
penumbral
Lunar eclipse chart close-2002Jun24.png
−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
SarosDate
Viewing
Type
chart
115 1901 Oct 27
Lunar eclipse from moon-1901Oct27.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1901Oct27.png
116 1912 Sep 26
Lunar eclipse from moon-1912Sep26.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1912Sep26.png
117 1923 Aug 26
Lunar eclipse from moon-1923Aug26.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1923Aug26.png
118 1934 Jul 26
Lunar eclipse from moon-1934Jul26.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1934Jul26.png
119 1945 Jun 25
Lunar eclipse from moon-1945Jun25.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1945Jun25.png
120 1956 May 24
Lunar eclipse from moon-1956May24.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1956May24.png
121 1967 Apr 24
Lunar eclipse from moon-1967Apr24.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1967Apr24.png
122 1978 Mar 24
Lunar eclipse from moon-1978Mar24.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1978Mar24.png
123 1989 Feb 20
Lunar eclipse from moon-1989Feb20.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1989Feb20.png
124 2000 Jan 21
Lunar eclipse from moon-2000Jan21.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2000Jan21.png
125 2010 Dec 21
Lunar eclipse from moon-2010Dec21.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-10dec21.png
126 2021 Nov 19
Lunar eclipse from moon-2021Nov19.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-2021Nov19.png
127 2032 Oct 18
Lunar eclipse from moon-2032Oct18.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2032Oct18.png
128 2043 Sep 19
Lunar eclipse from moon-2043Sep19.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2043Sep19.png
129 2054 Aug 18
Lunar eclipse from moon-2054Aug18.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2054Aug18.png
130 2065 Jul 17
Lunar eclipse from moon-2065Jul17.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2065Jul17.png
131 2076 Jun 17
Lunar eclipse from moon-2076Jun17.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2076Jun17.png
132 2087 May 17
Lunar eclipse from moon-2087May17.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2087May17.png
133 2098 Apr 15
Lunar eclipse from moon-2098Apr15.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-2098Apr15.png

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.

15 January 1991 26 January 2009
SE1991Jan15A.png SE2009Jan26A.png

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References

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