September 1997 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse took place on Tuesday, September 16, 1997, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1997.
| Total Lunar Eclipse September 16, 1997 | |
|---|---|
 The moon passes west to east (right to left) across the Earth's umbral shadow, shown in hourly intervals. | |
| Series | 137 (27 of 81) |
| Duration (hr:mn:sc) | |
| Totality | 1:11:30 |
| Partial | 3:16:27 |
| Penumbral | 5:08:14 |
| Contacts | |
| P1 | 16:12:32 UTC |
| U1 | 17:08:25 UTC |
| U2 | 18:15:54 UTC |
| Greatest | 18:46:39 UTC |
| U3 | 19:17:24 UTC |
| U4 | 20:24:52 UTC |
| P4 | 21:20:46 UTC |
Visibility
It was visible from all of Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Related eclipses
Eclipses of 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.
Lunar year series
This is the third of four lunar year eclipses at the descending node of the moon's orbit.
| Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995–1998 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascending node | Descending node | |||||||
| Saros Photo |
Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | Saros Photo |
Date Viewing |
Type Chart |
Gamma | |
| 112 | 1995 Apr 15 |
Partial |
-0.95939 | 117 | 1995 Oct 08 |
Penumbral |
1.11794 | |
122 |
1996 Apr 04 |
Total |
-0.25339 | 127 |
1996 Sep 27 |
Total |
0.34264 | |
132 |
1997 Mar 24 |
Partial |
0.48990 | 137 | 1997 Sep 16 |
Total |
-0.37684 | |
| 142 | 1998 Mar 13 |
Penumbral |
1.19644 | 147 | 1998 Sep 06 |
Penumbral |
-1.10579 | |
| Last set | 1994 May 25 | Last set | 1994 Nov 18 | |||||
| Next set | 1999 Jan 31 | Next set | 1998 Aug 08 | |||||
Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros).[1] This lunar eclipse is related to two annular solar eclipses of Solar Saros 144.
| September 11, 1988 | September 22, 2006 |
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References
- Mathematical Astronomy Morsels, Jean Meeus, p.110, Chapter 18, The half-saros
External links
- Prof. Druckmüller's eclipse photography site. Czech Republic
- Saros cycle 137
- 1997 Sep 16 chart Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA/GSFC
- The EAAE Lunar Eclipse Project September 16, 1997
- Total Lunar Eclipses seen from Cape Town Total lunar eclipse, September 16, 1997.
- Total Lunar Eclipse September 16, 1997, Western Australia
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