July 2000 lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse July 16, 2000
Sequence of Central total eclipse
The Moon's path through the Earth's shadow.
Gamma	0.0302
Series (and member)	129 (37)
Duration (hr:mn:sc)
Totality	1:47:00
Partial	3:56:38
Penumbral	6:17:54
Contacts
P1	10:46:38 UTC
U1	11:57:17 UTC
U2	13:02:05 UTC
Greatest	13:55:36 UTC
U3	14:49:06 UTC
U4	15:53:55 UTC
P4	17:04:31 UTC
240px The Moon passed straight through the center of the Earth's shadow at the descending node in Sagittarius of its orbit. Eastern Australia got the best views with mid eclipse occurring at midnight.

A total lunar eclipse took place on July 16, 2000, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2000.

The Moon passed through the very center of the Earth's shadow. Totality lasted for 107 minutes, the longest duration since July 26, 1953 and August 13, 1859, and next longer won't be until the year 3000.

Visibility

It could be seen completely over Australia, seen rising over Asia, and Eastern Africa, and setting over Western North and South America.

Related eclipses

Lunar year series

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1998–2002
Descending node			Ascending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type Chart
109	1998 Aug 08 80px	Penumbral 80px	114	1999 Jan 31 80px	Penumbral 80px
119	1999 Jul 28 80px	Partial 80px	124	2000 Jan 21 80px	Total 80px
129	2000 Jul 16	Total	134	2001 Jan 09 80px	Total 80px
139	2001 Jul 05 80px	Partial 80px	144	2001 Dec 30 80px	Penumbral 80px
149	2002 Jun 24 80px	Penumbral 80px

Last set	1998 Sep 06		Last set	1998 Mar 13

Next set	2002 May 26		Next set	2002 Nov 20

Saros series

Lunar saros cycle series 129, repeating every 18 years and 11 days, has a total of 71 lunar eclipse events including 11 total lunar eclipses.

Greatest	First
The greatest eclipse of the series occurred on 2000 Jul 16, lasting 108 minutes.^[1]	Penumbral	Partial	Total	Central
	1351 Jun 10	1513 Sep 15	1910 May 24	1946 Jun 14
	Last
	Central	Total	Partial	Penumbral
	2036 Aug 7	2090 Sep 8	2469 Apr 26	2613 Jul 24

1901–2100
1910 May 24		1928 Jun 3		1946 Jun 14
80px	80px	80px	80px
1964 Jun 25		1982 Jul 6		2000 Jul 16

2018 Jul 27		2036 Aug 7		2054 Aug 18
				80px	80px
2072 Aug 28		2090 Sep 8
80px	80px	80px	80px

Tritos series

The tritos series repeats 31 days short of 11 years at alternating nodes. Sequential events have incremental Saros cycle indices.

This series produces 23 total eclipses between June 22, 1880 and August 9, 2120.

Tritos eclipse series (subset 1901–2100)
Ascending node			Descending node
Saros	Date Viewing	Type chart	Saros	Date Viewing	Type chart
119	1902 Apr 22	Partial	120	1913 Mar 22	Partial
121	1924 Feb 20	Partial	122	1935 Jan 19	Partial
124	1945 Dec 19 80px	Partial 80px	125	1956 Nov 18	Total
126	1967 Oct 18 80px	Total 80px	127	1978 Sep 16	Total
128	1989 Aug 17	Total	129	2000 Jul 16	Total
130	2011 Jun 15	Total	131	2022 May 16	Total
132	2033 Apr 14	Total	133	2044 Mar 13 80px	Total 80px
134	2055 Feb 11 80px	Total 80px	135	2066 Jan 11 80px	Total 80px
136	2076 Dec 10	Total	137	2087 Nov 10	Total
138	2098 Oct 10 80px	Total 80px

Inex series

The inex series repeats eclipses 20 days short of 29 years, repeating on average every 10571.95 days. This period is equal to 358 lunations (synodic months) and 388.5 draconic months. Saros series increment by one on successive Inex events and repeat at alternate ascending and descending lunar nodes.

This period is 383.6734 anomalistic months (the period of the Moon's elliptical orbital precession). Despite the average 0.05 time-of-day shift between subsequent events, the variation of the Moon in its elliptical orbit at each event causes the actual eclipse time to vary significantly.

All events in this series shown (from 1000 to 2500 and beyond) are central total lunar eclipses.

Inex series from 1000–2500 AD
Descending node		Ascending node		Descending node		Ascending node
Saros	Date	Saros	Date	Saros	Date	Saros	Date
95	1016 May 24	96	1045 May 3	97	1074 Apr 14	98	1103 Mar 25
99	1132 Mar 3	100	1161 Feb 12	101	1190 Jan 23	102	1219 Jan 2
103	1247 Dec 13	104	1276 Nov 23	105	1305 Nov 2	106	1334 Oct 13
107	1363 Sep 23	108	1392 Sep 2	109	1421 Aug 13	110	1450 Jul 24
111	1479 Jul 4	112	1508 Jun 13 80px	113	1537 May 24	114	1566 May 4
115	1595 Apr 24	116	1624 Apr 3	117	1653 Mar 14	118	1682 Feb 21
119	1711 Feb 3	120	1740 Jan 13	121	1768 Dec 23	122	1797 Dec 4
123	1826 Nov 14	124	1855 Oct 25	125	1884 Oct 4	126	1913 Sep 15
127	1942 Aug 26	128	1971 Aug 6	129	2000 Jul 16	130	2029 Jun 26
131	2058 Jun 6	132	2087 May 17	133	2116 Apr 27	134	2145 Apr 7
135	2174 Mar 18	136	2203 Feb 26	137	2232 Feb 7	138	2261 Jan 17
139	2289 Dec 27	140	2318 Dec 9	141	2347 Nov 19	142	2376 Oct 28
143	2405 Oct 8	144	2434 Sep 18	145	2463 Aug 29	146	2492 Aug 8 80px