Eclipses 2000

Retrograde windows run from the station-retrograde day to the station-direct day, both counted, in UTC — the same windows as the 2000 retrograde calendar.

Eclipses and times of greatest eclipse are computed with astronomy-engine and checked against NASA’s eclipse catalog; see the method.

01When are the eclipses in 2000?

Total lunar: 21 Jan 2000, 0° Leo; Partial solar: 5 Feb 2000, 16° Aquarius; Partial solar: 1 Jul 2000, 10° Cancer; Total lunar: 16 Jul 2000, 24° Capricorn; Partial solar: 31 Jul 2000, 8° Leo; Partial solar: 25 Dec 2000, 4° Capricorn. Times of greatest eclipse are on this page, in UTC.

02When is eclipse season in 2000?

6 Jan 2000 to 11 Feb 2000 (south node); 28 Jun 2000 to 4 Aug 2000 (north node); 19 Dec 2000 to 23 Jan 2001 (south node). A season here is every UTC day on which the Sun stands within 18.5° of one of the Moon’s nodes.

03Which planets were retrograde during the 2000 eclipses?

Total lunar eclipse on 21 Jan: No planet is retrograde that day. Partial solar eclipse on 5 Feb: No planet is retrograde that day. Partial solar eclipse on 1 Jul: Retrograde that day: Mercury, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. It falls on day 9 of a 25-day Mercury retrograde. Total lunar eclipse on 16 Jul: Retrograde that day: Mercury, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. It falls on day 24 of a 25-day Mercury retrograde. Partial solar eclipse on 31 Jul: Retrograde that day: Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Partial solar eclipse on 25 Dec: Retrograde that day: Jupiter and Saturn.

04What is an eclipse season?

The Moon’s orbit is tilted about five degrees to the Sun’s path, so most new and full moons pass above or below the Sun or Earth’s shadow. Twice a year, for about five weeks, the Sun stands near one of the two points where the orbits cross, the nodes; any new or full moon then is close enough to the node to cast or catch a shadow. Every season has at least two eclipses, a solar and a lunar, and sometimes three.