September 1997 lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse took place on 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
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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See also
- List of lunar eclipses
- List of 20th-century lunar eclipses
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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