Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
| Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000 | |
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 Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface |
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| Type | Partially |
| area | North America |
| Saros cycle | 122 (57 of 70) |
| Gamma value | +1.1366 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| place | Foxe Basin , near Baffin Island |
| location | 66 ° 18 ′ N , 74 ° 6 ′ W |
| time | December 25, 2000 17:34:52 UT |
| size | 0.7228 |
The partial solar eclipse of December 25, 2000 was the last of four partial eclipses in 2000 and also the last of a total of 228 solar eclipses in the 20th century . As the only one of the four solar eclipses in 2000, it could be observed comfortably at noon from relatively densely populated areas ( USA and Mexico ). However, their maximum phase was only reached near the horizon in sparsely populated northern Canada.
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Previous solar eclipses:
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Later solar eclipses:
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February 16, 1999 (circular) |
August 11, 1999 (total) |
February 5, 2000 (partial) |
July 1, 2000 (partial) |
July 31, 2000 (partial) |
December 25, 2000 (partial) |
June 21, 2001 (total) |
December 14, 2001 (circular) |
June 10, 2002 (circular) |
December 4, 2002 (total) |
May 31, 2003 (circular) |
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