Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997
Map
Type of eclipse
NaturePartial
Gamma−1.0352
Magnitude0.8988
Maximum eclipse
Coordinates71°48′S 114°18′E / 71.8°S 114.3°E / -71.8; 114.3
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse0:04:48
References
Saros125 (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

Eclipses of 1997

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]

Solar eclipse series sets from 1997–2000
Descending node   Ascending node
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
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

  1. 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.

Photos:

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