Solar eclipse of September 2, 1997
Introduction A partial solar eclipse occurred on Tuesday, September 2, 1997.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.
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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.===Solar eclipses 1997–2000====== Metonic 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