Two solar and two lunar eclipses occur in 1997. The Sun and Moon each undergo one partial and one total eclipse. Total Lunar Eclipse Predictions for eclipses are summarized in figures 1 through 4.
World maps show the regions of visibility for each eclipse.
The lunar eclipse diagrams also include the path of the Moon through Earth's shadows. Contact times for each principal phase are tabulated along with the magnitudes and geocentric coordinates of the Sun and Moon at greatest eclipse. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in eastern Kazakhstan, and travels through Mongolia and eastern Siberia where it swings northward to end at sunset in the Arctic Ocean. Thus, the Sun never climbs higher than 23 o along the entire track. However, it requires an additional four minutes for the northern edge of the shadow to contact Earth.