July 2000 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
July 16, 2000
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The moon's path through the earth's shadow.
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

The moon passed straight through the center of the earth's shadow at the descending node in Sagittarius of its orbit.

A total lunar eclipse took place on July 16, 2000, the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2000. [1]

Totality lasted for 107 minutes, the longest duration since Jul 26, 1953 and Aug 13, 1859, and next longer won't be until the year 3000.

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

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