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Eclipses During 1997

by Fred Espenak

Published in Observer's Handbook 1997, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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                                Table 1

Local Circumstances for  Partial Solar Eclipse of 1997 March 9


 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o
Bangladesh
Chittagong               -  r  00:08r  00:55    0   95  0.482  0.374        
Dhaka                    -  r  00:15r  00:57    0   95  0.497  0.392        
China
Beijing                23:37   00:42   01:52   22  117  0.853  0.824        
Chengdu                23:22   00:18   01:20   11  102  0.696  0.626        
Chongqing              23:22   00:18   01:20   14  103  0.671  0.596        
Guangzhou              23:19   00:13   01:13   20  104  0.512  0.409        
Harbin                 23:53   01:02   02:15   28  133  0.899  0.883        
Nanjing                23:28   00:31   01:40   25  114  0.698  0.629        
Shanghai               23:29   00:32   01:42   28  115  0.670  0.595        
Shenyang               23:45   00:52   02:05   27  126  0.855  0.827        
Shuicheng              23:19   00:13   01:13   12  101  0.606  0.518        
Tianjin                23:37   00:41   01:51   23  117  0.837  0.803        
Wuhan                  23:25   00:25   01:31   21  109  0.681  0.609        
Xi'an                  23:27   00:26   01:32   16  107  0.767  0.714        
Zibo                   23:34   00:38   01:48   24  116  0.792  0.747        
Guam
Agana                  00:13   00:40   01:08   57  121  0.057  0.017        
Hong Kong
Victoria               23:19   00:13   01:12   21  104  0.490  0.384        
India
Calcutta                 -  r  00:22r  00:54    0   95  0.399  0.287        
Japan
Nagoya                 23:50   01:00   02:15   41  137  0.648  0.569        
Osaka                  23:47   00:57   02:11   40  135  0.650  0.571        
Tokyo                  23:54   01:05   02:20   43  143  0.633  0.551        
Yokohama               23:54   01:05   02:20   43  142  0.633  0.550        
Kazakhstan
Alma-Ata                 -  r  01:16r  01:29    0   96  0.219  0.120        
South Korea
Pusan                  23:40   00:48   02:02   34  127  0.706  0.640        
Seoul                  23:41   00:49   02:03   32  126  0.764  0.712        
Taegu                  23:41   00:48   02:02   34  127  0.723  0.660        
Mongolia
Ulaanbaator             23:47   00:48   01:54   14  113  0.995  0.997        
Philippines
Caloocan               23:23   00:09   00:58   28  103  0.272  0.165        
Manila                 23:24   00:09   00:57   28  103  0.270  0.163        
Quezon City            23:24   00:09   00:58   28  103  0.271  0.164        
Russia
Barnaul                  -  r  00:56r  01:48    0   97  0.902  0.885        
Chabarovsk             00:06   01:16   02:31   31  146  0.886  0.866        
Irkutsk                23:54   00:54   01:59   11  113  0.988  0.991        
Kemerovo                 -  r  00:53   01:53    1   98  0.951  0.946        
Krasnojarsk              -  r  00:56   01:57    4  104  0.942  0.936        
Novokuzneck              -  r  00:51   01:50    1   98  0.966  0.965        
Novosibirsk              -  r  01:00r  01:51    0   97  0.866  0.838        
Tomsk                    -  r  00:55   01:54    0   98  0.940  0.933        
Vladivostok            23:54   01:04   02:19   33  137  0.828  0.793        
Taiwan
T'aipei                23:24   00:23   01:28   29  111  0.533  0.433        
Thailand
Bangkok                  -  r  23:57   00:38    6   96  0.268  0.161        
Vietnam
Hai Phong              23:17   00:07   01:01   13  100  0.463  0.355        
Ho Chi Minh            23:22   23:56   00:32   12   97  0.186  0.095        

                        All times are Greenwich Mean Time.  
                       'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise.
                       's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset.


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                                Table 3

Local Circumstances for Partial Solar Eclipse of 1997 September 2

 Geographic           Eclipse Maximum Eclipse Sun  Sun   Ecl.   Ecl.
  Location             Begins Eclipse   Ends  Alt   Az   Mag.   Obs.
                        h:m     h:m     h:m    o    o 
Australia
Adelaide               21:54   23:08   00:34   24   61  0.549  0.437        
Brisbane               22:02   23:16   00:39   39   52  0.362  0.242        
Canberra               22:03   23:24   00:54   33   49  0.525  0.410        
Melbourne              22:02   23:22   00:53   28   52  0.584  0.475        
Newcastle              22:04   23:24   00:53   36   48  0.471  0.352        
Perth                    -  r  22:47   23:54    3   79  0.484  0.365        
Siding Spring          21:59   23:16   00:43   34   53  0.455  0.336        
Sydney                 22:03   23:23   00:52   35   49  0.473  0.354        
New Caledonia
Noumea                 22:38   23:34   00:34   54   34  0.142  0.061        
New Zealand
Auckland               22:57   00:18   01:39   45    1  0.341  0.222        
Christchurch           22:54   00:22   01:49   38    2  0.480  0.362        
Wellington             22:58   00:24   01:48   41  359  0.421  0.301        

                        All times are Greenwich Mean Time.  
                       'r' indicates eclipse in progress at sunrise.
                       's' indicates eclipse in progress at sunset.

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WebMaster: Fred Espenak
Planetary Systems Branch - Code 693
e-mail: espenak@lepvax.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Last revised: 1997 Sep 1 - F. Espenak