A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, February 5, 2000, with a magnitude of 0.5795. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, 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.

This was the first of four partial solar eclipses in 2000, with the others occurring on July 1, July 31, and December 25.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Antarctica.

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Eclipse timing

Places experiencing partial eclipse

Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000(local times)
Country or territoryCity or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage
AntarcticaCarlini Base08:13:0208:38:3409:04:460:521.76%
AntarcticaPalmer Station08:06:0708:40:4409:16:301:105.05%
AntarcticaEsperanza Base08:12:2508:41:3209:11:290:592.61%
AntarcticaMarambio Base08:11:3408:43:1309:15:501:043.41%
AntarcticaRothera Research Station08:03:5908:44:3509:26:361:239.05%
AntarcticaSan Martín Base08:04:3308:45:5809:28:471:249.55%
AntarcticaBelgrano II Base08:21:1409:14:5510:09:181:4820.40%
AntarcticaNeumayer Station III11:38:1512:29:0413:19:511:4212.19%
AntarcticaMcMurdo Station00:35:2501:29:2602:23:191:4843.75%
AntarcticaZucchelli Station00:38:1801:31:2302:24:161:4644.70%
AntarcticaTroll11:42:4112:37:0313:30:511:4816.13%
AntarcticaVostok Station17:50:2618:47:4319:43:511:5343.55%
AntarcticaConcordia Station19:52:4420:48:2421:43:011:5045.96%
AntarcticaCasey Station20:11:4221:06:0121:46:45 (sunset)1:3545.01%
AntarcticaDavis Station19:13:3420:11:2121:06:451:5338.40%
AntarcticaMawson Station18:15:1419:13:3820:09:241:5432.91%
French Southern and Antarctic LandsPort-aux-Français18:00:2418:49:2819:35:411:3521.87%
South AfricaMarion Island16:17:4016:51:5617:24:311:073.73%
French Southern and Antarctic LandsÎle de la Possession18:13:5718:56:4219:36:551:239.96%
French Southern and Antarctic LandsÎle Amsterdam18:27:0618:56:4318:59:39 (sunset)0:3310.74%
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Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the Moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.

February 5, 2000 solar eclipse times
EventTime (UTC)
First penumbral external contact2000 February 05 at 10:56:47.8 UTC
Equatorial conjunction2000 February 05 at 12:20:54.0 UTC
Greatest eclipse2000 February 05 at 12:50:26.9 UTC
Ecliptic conjunction2000 February 05 at 13:04:20.3 UTC
Last penumbral external contact2000 February 05 at 14:44:14.8 UTC
February 5, 2000 solar eclipse parameters
ParameterValue
Eclipse magnitude0.57949
Eclipse obscuration0.46882
Gamma−1.22325
Sun right ascension21h13m55.0s
Sun declination-16°02'00.9"
Sun semi-diameter16'13.3"
Sun equatorial horizontal parallax08.9"
Moon right ascension21h14m52.3s
Moon declination-17°07'51.7"
Moon semi-diameter15'01.4"
Moon equatorial horizontal parallax0°55'08.1"
ΔT63.8 s

Eclipse season

This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.

Eclipse season of January–February 2000
January 21 Ascending node (full moon)February 5 Descending node (new moon)
Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 124Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 150

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 2000

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 150

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 1997–2000

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.

The partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1997 to 2000
Descending nodeAscending node
SarosMapGammaSarosMapGamma
120 Totality in Chita, RussiaMarch 9, 1997 Total0.9183125September 2, 1997 Partial−1.0352
130 Totality near GuadeloupeFebruary 26, 1998 Total0.2391135August 22, 1998 Annular−0.2644
140February 16, 1999 Annular−0.4726145 Totality in FranceAugust 11, 1999 Total0.5062
150February 5, 2000 Partial−1.2233155July 31, 2000 Partial1.2166

Saros 150

This eclipse is a part of Saros series 150, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on August 24, 1729. It contains annular eclipses from April 22, 2126 through June 22, 2829. There are no hybrid or total eclipses in this set. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on September 29, 2991. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.

The longest duration of annularity will be produced by member 45 at 9 minutes, 58 seconds on December 19, 2522. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.

Series members 5–27 occur between 1801 and 2200:
567
October 7, 1801October 19, 1819October 29, 1837
8910
November 9, 1855November 20, 1873December 1, 1891
111213
December 12, 1909December 24, 1927January 3, 1946
141516
January 14, 1964January 25, 1982February 5, 2000
171819
February 15, 2018February 27, 2036March 9, 2054
202122
March 19, 2072March 31, 2090April 11, 2108
232425
April 22, 2126May 3, 2144May 14, 2162
2627
May 24, 2180June 4, 2198

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

22 eclipse events between September 12, 1931 and July 1, 2011
September 11–12June 30–July 1April 17–19February 4–5November 22–23
114116118120122
September 12, 1931June 30, 1935April 19, 1939February 4, 1943November 23, 1946
124126128130132
September 12, 1950June 30, 1954April 19, 1958February 5, 1962November 23, 1965
134136138140142
September 11, 1969June 30, 1973April 18, 1977February 4, 1981November 22, 1984
144146148150152
September 11, 1988June 30, 1992April 17, 1996February 5, 2000November 23, 2003
154156
September 11, 2007July 1, 2011

Tritos series

This eclipse is a part of a tritos cycle, repeating at alternating nodes every 135 synodic months (≈ 3986.63 days, or 11 years minus 1 month). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee), but groupings of 3 tritos cycles (≈ 33 years minus 3 months) come close (≈ 434.044 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2087
August 17, 1803 (Saros 132)July 17, 1814 (Saros 133)June 16, 1825 (Saros 134)May 15, 1836 (Saros 135)April 15, 1847 (Saros 136)
March 15, 1858 (Saros 137)February 11, 1869 (Saros 138)January 11, 1880 (Saros 139)December 12, 1890 (Saros 140)November 11, 1901 (Saros 141)
October 10, 1912 (Saros 142)September 10, 1923 (Saros 143)August 10, 1934 (Saros 144)July 9, 1945 (Saros 145)June 8, 1956 (Saros 146)
May 9, 1967 (Saros 147)April 7, 1978 (Saros 148)March 7, 1989 (Saros 149)February 5, 2000 (Saros 150)January 4, 2011 (Saros 151)
December 4, 2021 (Saros 152)November 3, 2032 (Saros 153)October 3, 2043 (Saros 154)September 2, 2054 (Saros 155)August 2, 2065 (Saros 156)
July 1, 2076 (Saros 157)June 1, 2087 (Saros 158)

Inex series

This eclipse is a part of the long period inex cycle, repeating at alternating nodes, every 358 synodic months (≈ 10,571.95 days, or 29 years minus 20 days). Their appearance and longitude are irregular due to a lack of synchronization with the anomalistic month (period of perigee). However, groupings of 3 inex cycles (≈ 87 years minus 2 months) comes close (≈ 1,151.02 anomalistic months), so eclipses are similar in these groupings.

Series members between 1801 and 2200
June 5, 1826 (Saros 144)May 16, 1855 (Saros 145)April 25, 1884 (Saros 146)
April 6, 1913 (Saros 147)March 16, 1942 (Saros 148)February 25, 1971 (Saros 149)
February 5, 2000 (Saros 150)January 14, 2029 (Saros 151)December 26, 2057 (Saros 152)
December 6, 2086 (Saros 153)November 16, 2115 (Saros 154)October 26, 2144 (Saros 155)
October 7, 2173 (Saros 156)

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