Solar eclipse of July 31, 2000

The partial solar eclipse of 31 July 2000 was the third of four partial solar eclipses in 2000, and the second in July this year. The July 2000 was thus the only one calendar month with two solar eclipses in the 20th century. The west coast of the USA was the most densely populated in the region where the eclipse was observed; However, there was already evening and the sun was horizontnah shortly before its demise.