Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997
| Solar eclipse of March 9, 1997 | |
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| Type | Total |
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East Asia , Alaska , Northwest Pacific Total: Mongolia , East Siberia , Arctic Ocean |
| Saros cycle | 120 (60 of 71) |
| Gamma value | +0.9183 |
| Greatest eclipse | |
| Duration | 2 minutes 50.1 seconds |
| place | Eastern Siberia |
| location | 57 ° 47 ' N , 130 ° 41' E |
| time | March 9, 1997 01:23:48 UT |
| size | 1.0420 |
The solar eclipse of March 9, 1997 was a total solar eclipse in which the central line stretched from Mongolia through eastern Siberia to the Arctic Ocean. In contrast to the sparsely populated totality area, large populous areas such as eastern China , Korea and Japan were in the zone in which the moon could still cover over half of the solar disk.
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Later solar eclipses:
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November 3, 1994 (total) |
April 29, 1995 (circular) |
October 24, 1995 (total) |
April 17, 1996 (partial) |
October 12, 1996 (partial) |
March 9, 1997 (total) |
September 2, 1997 (partial) |
February 26, 1998 (total) |
August 22, 1998 (ring-shaped) |
February 16, 1999 (circular) |
August 11, 1999 (total) |
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