Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997
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.
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.| Event | Time |
| 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 |
| 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 eclipse seasons occur each year, and each season lasts about 35 days and repeats just short of six months 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.| September 2 Ascending node | September 16 Descending node |
| Partial solar eclipse Solar Saros 125 | Total lunar eclipse Lunar Saros 137 |
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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.
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Tzolkinex
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Half-Saros
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Tritos
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Inex
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Triad
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