Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997 | |
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Map | |
Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | −1.0352 |
Magnitude | 0.8988 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 71°48′S 114°18′E / 71.8°S 114.3°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 0:04:48 |
References | |
Saros | 125 (53 of 73) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9502 |
A partial solar eclipse occurred on Tuesday, September 2, 1997. 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.
Images
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 1997
- A total solar eclipse on March 9.
- A partial lunar eclipse on March 24.
- A partial solar eclipse on September 2.
- A total lunar eclipse on September 16.
Solar eclipses 1997–2000
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[1]
Descending node | Ascending node | |||||
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Saros | Map | Gamma | Saros | Map | Gamma | |
120 Chita, Russia |
1997 March 09 Total |
0.91830 | 125 | 1997 September 02 Partial (south) |
−1.03521 | |
130 Total eclipse near Guadeloupe |
1998 February 26 Total |
0.23909 | 135 | 1998 August 22 Annular |
−0.26441 | |
140 | 1999 February 16 Annular |
−0.47260 | 145 Totality from France |
1999 August 11 Total | 0.50623 | |
150 | 2000 February 05 Partial (south) |
−1.22325 | 155 | 2000 July 31 Partial (north) |
1.21664 |
Partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.
Metonic series
The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's ascending node.
21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058 | ||||
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June 21 | April 8–9 | January 26 | November 13–14 | September 1–2 |
107 | 109 | 111 | 113 | 115 |
June 21, 1963 | April 9, 1967 | January 26, 1971 | November 14, 1974 | September 2, 1978 |
117 | 119 | 121 | 123 | 125 |
June 21, 1982 |
April 9, 1986 |
January 26, 1990 |
November 13, 1993 |
September 2, 1997 |
127 | 129 | 131 | 133 | 135 |
June 21, 2001 |
April 8, 2005 |
January 26, 2009 |
November 13, 2012 |
September 1, 2016 |
137 | 139 | 141 | 143 | 145 |
June 21, 2020 |
April 8, 2024 |
January 26, 2028 |
November 14, 2031 |
September 2, 2035 |
147 | 149 | 151 | 153 | 155 |
June 21, 2039 |
April 9, 2043 |
January 26, 2047 |
November 14, 2050 |
September 2, 2054 |
157 | ||||
June 21, 2058 |
References
- ↑ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
External links
Photos:
- APOD 9/3/1997, A Partial Eclipse in Southern Skies, partial eclipse from Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia