A partial solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of orbit between Monday, September 1 and Tuesday, September 2, 1997, 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.
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Eclipse timing Places experiencing partial eclipse Solar Eclipse of September 2, 1997(Local Times)Country or territory City or placeStart of partial eclipseMaximum eclipseEnd of partial eclipseDuration of eclipse (hr:min)Maximum coverage Darwin 07:30:24 07:57:49 08:26:59 0:57 1.91% Tennant Creek 07:16:46 08:08:45 09:07:07 1:50 13.68% Carnarvon 06:36:26 (sunrise) 06:38:48 07:32:12 0:56 20.74% Alice Springs 07:15:00 08:14:18 09:21:47 2:07 21.76% Cairns 07:57:43 08:46:58 09:41:37 1:44 7.74% Perth 06:32:32 (sunrise) 06:47:29 07:54:00 1:21 36.59% Adelaide 07:23:28 08:38:06 10:03:36 2:40 44.12% Eucla 06:31:55 07:38:08 08:53:51 2:22 38.27% Samford 08:01:50 09:15:23 10:38:09 2:36 24.14% Brisbane 08:02:05 09:15:49 10:38:45 2:37 24.24% Melbourne 08:01:45 09:21:52 10:52:32 2:51 47.53% Canberra 08:02:56 09:23:33 10:54:26 2:52 41.05% Bowral 08:03:35 09:24:12 10:54:53 2:51 38.89% Sydney 08:03:57 09:24:24 10:54:47 2:51 37.31% Wollongong 08:04:08 09:24:54 10:55:39 2:52 38.52% Traralgon 08:03:45 09:24:55 10:56:24 2:53 47.53% Kiama 08:04:21 09:25:17 10:56:13 2:52 39.00% Port Vila 10:03:55 10:29:04 10:54:53 0:51 0.46% Nouméa 09:36:36 10:33:27 11:33:35 1:57 6.37% Hobart 08:11:24 09:34:52 11:07:34 2:56 54.99% Lord Howe Island 08:44:38 10:04:55 11:32:48 2:48 27.71% Kingston 10:05:42 11:19:37 12:37:08 2:31 15.61% Casey Station 07:43:25 (sunrise) 07:53:04 09:05:43 1:22 82.43% Oban 10:47:51 12:17:00 13:47:37 3:00 46.16% Auckland 10:56:41 12:17:56 13:39:05 2:42 22.19% Christchurch 10:54:12 12:21:47 13:49:24 2:55 36.19% Tauranga 11:01:04 12:22:10 13:42:33 2:41 22.20% Wellington 10:58:07 12:23:34 13:48:26 2:50 30.06% Palmerston North 10:59:59 12:24:14 13:47:40 2:48 27.53% Chatham Islands 12:07:14 13:28:25 14:46:09 2:39 26.26%References:
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.
+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
This eclipse is part of an eclipse season, a period, roughly every six months, when eclipses occur. Only two (or occasionally three) eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months (173 days) later; thus two full eclipse seasons always occur each year. Either two or three eclipses happen each eclipse season. In the sequence below, each eclipse is separated by a fortnight.
+ Eclipse season of September 1997 September 2Ascending node (new moon) September 16Descending node (full moon) Partial solar eclipseSolar Saros 125 Total lunar eclipseLunar Saros 137
Related eclipses Eclipses in 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.
Metonic Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 13, 1993 Followed by: Solar eclipse of June 21, 2001
Tzolkinex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of July 22, 1990 Followed by: Solar eclipse of October 14, 2004
Half-Saros Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of August 27, 1988 Followed by: Lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006
Tritos Preceded by: Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 1, 2008
Solar Saros 125 Preceded by: Solar eclipse of August 22, 1979 Followed by: Solar eclipse of September 13, 2015
Inex Preceded by: Solar eclipse of September 22, 1968 Followed by: Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026
Triad Preceded by: Solar eclipse of November 2, 1910 Followed by: Solar eclipse of July 3, 2084
Solar eclipses of 1997–2000
Saros 125
Metonic series
Tritos series
Inex series
References
External links NASA graphics
Photos: APOD 9/3/1997, A Partial Eclipse in Southern Skies, partial eclipse from Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia