Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Solar eclipse". A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, September 1 and Tuesday, September 2, 1997,[1] with a magnitude of 0.8988. 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.

A partial eclipse was visible for parts of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica.

Images

File:SE1997Sep02P.gif

Eclipse details

Shown below are two tables displaying details about this particular solar eclipse. The first table outlines times at which the moon's penumbra or umbra attains the specific parameter, and the second table describes various other parameters pertaining to this eclipse.[2]

September 2, 1997 Solar Eclipse Times
Event Time (UTC)
First Penumbral External Contact 1997 September 1 at 21:45:07.4 UTC
Ecliptic Conjunction 1997 September 1 at 23:52:37.0 UTC
Greatest Eclipse 1997 September 2 at 00:04:48.3 UTC
Equatorial Conjunction 1997 September 2 at 00:41:05.5 UTC
Last Penumbral External Contact 1997 September 2 at 02:24:13.5 UTC
September 2, 1997 Solar Eclipse Parameters
Parameter Value
Eclipse Magnitude 0.89877
Eclipse Obscuration 0.83755
Gamma −1.03521
Sun Right Ascension 10h44m31.4s
Sun Declination +07°58'50.9"
Sun Semi-Diameter 15'51.1"
Sun Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 08.7"
Moon Right Ascension 10h43m27.8s
Moon Declination +07°05'23.6"
Moon Semi-Diameter 14'42.5"
Moon Equatorial Horizontal Parallax 0°53'58.8"
ΔT 62.7 s

Eclipse season

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Eclipse season of September 1997
September 2
Ascending node (new moon)
 September 16
Descending node (full moon)
File:SE1997Sep02P.png File:Lunar eclipse chart close-1997Sep16.png
Partial solar eclipse
Solar Saros 125		 Total lunar eclipse
Lunar Saros 137

Related eclipses

Eclipses in 1997

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 125

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 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.[3]

The partial solar eclipses on July 1, 2000 and December 25, 2000 occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Solar eclipse series sets from 1997 to 2000
Descending node   Ascending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
120
File:Total solar eclipse of March 9 1997.jpg
Totality in Chita, Russia 		March 9, 1997
File:SE1997Mar09T.png
Total 		0.9183 125 September 2, 1997
File:SE1997Sep02P.png
Partial 		−1.0352
130
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Totality near Guadeloupe 		February 26, 1998
File:SE1998Feb26T.png
Total 		0.2391 135 August 22, 1998
File:SE1998Aug22A.png
Annular 		−0.2644
140 February 16, 1999
File:SE1999Feb16A.png
Annular 		−0.4726 145
File:Solar eclipse 1999 4.jpg
Totality in France 		August 11, 1999
File:SE1999Aug11T.png
Total 		0.5062
150 February 5, 2000
File:SE2000Feb05P.png
Partial 		−1.2233 155 July 31, 2000
File:SE2000Jul31P.png
Partial 		1.2166

Saros 125

Template:Solar Saros series 125

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
June 21 April 8–9 January 26 November 13–14 September 1–2
117 119 121 123 125
File:SE1982Jun21P.png
June 21, 1982 		File:SE1986Apr09P.png
April 9, 1986 		File:SE1990Jan26A.png
January 26, 1990 		File:SE1993Nov13P.png
November 13, 1993 		File:SE1997Sep02P.png
September 2, 1997
127 129 131 133 135
File:SE2001Jun21T.png
June 21, 2001 		File:SE2005Apr08H.png
April 8, 2005 		File:SE2009Jan26A.png
January 26, 2009 		File:SE2012Nov13T.png
November 13, 2012 		File:SE2016Sep01A.png
September 1, 2016
137 139 141 143 145
File:SE2020Jun21A.png
June 21, 2020 		File:SE2024Apr08T.png
April 8, 2024 		File:SE2028Jan26A.png
January 26, 2028 		File:SE2031Nov14H.png
November 14, 2031 		File:SE2035Sep02T.png
September 2, 2035
147 149 151 153 155
File:SE2039Jun21A.png
June 21, 2039 		File:SE2043Apr09T.png
April 9, 2043 		File:SE2047Jan26P.png
January 26, 2047 		File:SE2050Nov14P.png
November 14, 2050 		File:SE2054Sep02P.png
September 2, 2054
157
File:SE2058Jun21P.png
June 21, 2058

Tritos series

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Inex series

Template:Solar Inex series 2026 August 12

References

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External links

Photos:

  • [1] APOD 9/3/1997, A Partial Eclipse in Southern Skies, partial eclipse from Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

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