# Solar eclipse of February 5, 2000

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.

## 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 :
| Event | Time (UTC) |
| First Penumbral External Contact | 2000 February 05 at 10:56:47.8 UTC |
| Equatorial Conjunction | 2000 February 05 at 12:20:54.0 UTC |
| Greatest Eclipse | 2000 February 05 at 12:50:26.9 UTC |
| Ecliptic Conjunction | 2000 February 05 at 13:04:20.3 UTC |
| Last Penumbral External Contact | 2000 February 05 at 14:44:14.8 UTC |
February 5, 2000 Solar Eclipse Parameters :
| Parameter | Value |
| Eclipse Magnitude | 0.57949 |
| Eclipse Obscuration | 0.46882 |
| Gamma | −1.22325 |
| Sun Right Ascension | 21h13m55.0s |
| Sun Declination | -16°02'00.9" |
| Sun Semi-Diameter | 16'13.3" |
| Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 08.9" |
| Moon Right Ascension | 21h14m52.3s |
| Moon Declination | -17°07'51.7" |
| Moon Semi-Diameter | 15'01.4" |
| Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax | 0°55'08.1" |
| ΔT | 63.8 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 124 | Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 150 |

## Related eclipses
### Eclipses in 2000

* A total lunar eclipse on January 21.
* A partial solar eclipse on February 5.
* A partial solar eclipse on July 1.
* A total lunar eclipse on July 16.
* A partial solar eclipse on July 31.
* A partial solar eclipse on December 25.

### Metonic

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 17, 1996
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of November 23, 2003

### Tzolkinex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of December 24, 1992
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 19, 2007

### Half-Saros

* Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of January 30, 1991
* Followed by: Lunar eclipse of February 9, 2009

### Tritos

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 7, 1989
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 4, 2011

### Solar Saros 150

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of January 25, 1982
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 15, 2018

### Inex

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 14, 2029

### Triad

* Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 6, 1913
* Followed by: Solar eclipse of December 6, 2086

### 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 node | Descending node | Descending node | Ascending node | Ascending node | Ascending node |
| Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma |
| 120 Totality in Chita, Russia | March 9, 1997 Total | 0.9183 | 125 | September 2, 1997 Partial | −1.0352 |
| 130 Totality near Guadeloupe | February 26, 1998 Total | 0.2391 | 135 | August 22, 1998 Annular | −0.2644 |
| 140 | February 16, 1999 Annular | −0.4726 | 145 Totality in France | August 11, 1999 Total | 0.5062 |
| 150 | February 5, 2000 Partial | −1.2233 | 155 | July 31, 2000 Partial | 1.2166 |

### 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: :
| 5 | 6 | 7 |
| October 7, 1801 | October 19, 1819 | October 29, 1837 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 |
| November 9, 1855 | November 20, 1873 | December 1, 1891 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 |
| December 12, 1909 | December 24, 1927 | January 3, 1946 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 |
| January 14, 1964 | January 25, 1982 | February 5, 2000 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 |
| February 15, 2018 | February 27, 2036 | March 9, 2054 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 |
| March 19, 2072 | March 31, 2090 | April 11, 2108 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 |
| April 22, 2126 | May 3, 2144 | May 14, 2162 |
| 26 | 27 |
| May 24, 2180 | June 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 11–12 | June 30–July 1 | April 17–19 | February 4–5 | November 22–23 |
| 114 | 116 | 118 | 120 | 122 |
| September 12, 1931 | June 30, 1935 | April 19, 1939 | February 4, 1943 | November 23, 1946 |
| 124 | 126 | 128 | 130 | 132 |
| September 12, 1950 | June 30, 1954 | April 19, 1958 | February 5, 1962 | November 23, 1965 |
| 134 | 136 | 138 | 140 | 142 |
| September 11, 1969 | June 30, 1973 | April 18, 1977 | February 4, 1981 | November 22, 1984 |
| 144 | 146 | 148 | 150 | 152 |
| September 11, 1988 | June 30, 1992 | April 17, 1996 | February 5, 2000 | November 23, 2003 |
| 154 | 156 |
| September 11, 2007 | July 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) | | |