Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000

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Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000
Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface
Course of the penumbra on the earth's surface
classification
Type Partially
area Antarctic
Saros cycle 150 (16 of 71)
Gamma value −1.2233
Greatest eclipse
place Wilkesland
location 70 ° 12 ′  S , 134 ° 6 ′  E Coordinates: 70 ° 12 ′  S , 134 ° 6 ′  E
time February 5, 2000 12:49:23   UT
size 0.5792

The partial solar eclipse of February 5, 2000 was the first of four partial solar eclipses in 2000. It could only be observed in Antarctica and on a few uninhabited islands in the southern Indian Ocean.

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