A partial
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six mo ...
occurred on December 25, 2000, also known as the "Christmas 2000 Solar Eclipse". A
solar eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six mo ...
occurs when the
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width ...
passes between Earth and the
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared rad ...
, 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.
It is also the last solar eclipse of the 20th century.
Christmas
This is the first Solar Eclipse on Christmas day since the annular solar eclipse of
1954.
Images
Animated path
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 2000
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A total lunar eclipse on January 21.
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A partial solar eclipse on February 5.
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A partial solar eclipse on July 1.
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A total lunar eclipse on July 16.
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A partial solar eclipse on July 31.
* A partial solar eclipse on December 25.
Solar eclipses 2000–2003
Metonic series
References
External links
On Christmas Day, 2000, alert sky watchers across North America can enjoy a partial solar eclipse. May 1, 2001
APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is a website provided by NASA and Michigan Technological University (MTU). According to the website, "Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written ...
, from
Cary, North Carolina
Cary is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh–Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 Census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh largest muni ...
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