Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997
| Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997 | |
|---|---|
 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 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.
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Related eclipses
Solar eclipses 1997-2000
Each member 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.
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |||
120 Chita, Russia | March 9, 1997 Total |
125 | September 2, 1997 Partial | |||
| 130 | February 26, 1998 Total |
135 | August 22, 1998 Annular | |||
| 140 | February 16, 1999 Annular |
145 Totality Cornwall, United Kingdom | August 11, 1999 Total | |||
| 150 | February 5, 2000 Partial |
155 | July 31, 2000 Partial | |||
| 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).
This series has 21 eclipse events between June 21, 1982, and June 21, 2058.
| June 21 | April 8-9 | January 26 | November 13-14 | September 1-2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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External links
Photos:
- APOD 9/3/1997, A Partial Eclipse in Southern Skies, partial eclipse from Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
