Solar eclipse of December 25, 2000
A partial solar eclipse occurred on December 25, 2000, also known as the “Christmas 2000”. 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.
Christmas
This is the Partial Solar Eclipse on Christmas day 2000, since the annular solar eclipse of 1954.Images
Animation | Projected image of partial eclipse from Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 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.
Solar eclipses 2000–2003