July 2000 Lunar Eclipse
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.
Read more about July 2000 Lunar Eclipse: Visibility
Famous quotes containing the words july, lunar and/or eclipse:
“July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“A bird half wakened in the lunar noon
Sang halfway through its little inborn tune.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)