- Earth Perihelion and Aphelion, 2000
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▪ 2000Earth Perihelion and Aphelion, 2000Jan. 3 Perihelion, 147,102,800 km (91,405,443 mi) from the SunJuly 4 Aphelion, 152,102,300 km (94,511,989 mi) from the SunEquinoxes and Solstices, 2000March 20 Vernal equinox, 07:351June 21 Summer solstice, 01:481Sept. 22 Autumnal equinox, 17:271Dec. 21 Winter solstice, 13:371Eclipses, 2000Jan. 21 Moon, total (begins 02:031), the beginning visible in northern Russia, Europe, northern Africa; the end visible in the Americas, the eastern Pacific Ocean.Feb. 5 Sun, partial (begins 10:551), the beginning visible in Antarctica; the end visible in the southern Indian Ocean.July 1 Sun, partial (begins 18:071), the beginning visible in the central southern Pacific Ocean; the end visible in the southern parts of Chile and Argentina.July 16 Moon, total (begins 10:461), the beginning visible in the Indian Ocean, eastern Asia (including eastern Russia); the end visible in Hawaii, eastern Pacific Ocean.July 31 Sun, partial (begins 00:371), the beginning visible in western Russia, northern parts of Scandinavia and Greenland; the end visible in northwestern North America.Dec. 25 Sun, partial (begins 15:261), the beginning visible in the eastern Pacific Ocean (off the coast of the United States), northern Canada, southern Greenland; the end visible in the northern Atlantic Ocean (off the coast of northern Africa).See as table:1Universal time.Source: The Astronomical Almanac for the Year 2000 (1999).
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