September 1997 lunar eclipse

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Total Lunar Eclipse
September 16, 1997
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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
Partial
Penumbral
Contacts
P1 UTC
U1
U2
Greatest
U3
U4
P4

A total lunar eclipse took place on September 16, 1997, the second of two lunar eclipses in 1997.

Visibility

It was visible from all of Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

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Related eclipses

Lunar year series

This is the third of four lunar year eclipses at the ascending node of the moon's orbit.

Lunar eclipse series sets from 1995-1998
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros
Photo
Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
Saros
Photo
Date
Viewing
Type
Chart
112 1995 Apr 15
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Partial
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117 1995 Oct 08
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Penumbral
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122
Lunar eclipse April 4 1996 Hamois Belgium.jpg
1996 Apr 04
Lunar eclipse from moon-1996Apr04.png
Total
Lunar eclipse chart close-1996Apr04.png
127
1996 Sep 27
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Total
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132
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1997 Mar 24
Lunar eclipse from moon-1997Mar24.png
Partial
Lunar eclipse chart close-1997Mar24.png
137 1997 Sep 16
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Total
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142 1998 Mar 13
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Penumbral
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147 1998 Sep 06
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Penumbral
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Last set 1994 May 25 Last set 1994 Nov 18
Next set 1999 Jan 31 Next set 1998 Aug 08

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