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Total solar eclipse

Sunday, March 9, 1997 at 01:23 AM UTC
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Peak (UTC)
Saturday, Mar 8
Type
Total solar eclipse
Obscuration
100%
Distance to shadow axis
5,856 km
Greatest-eclipse point
57.8° N, 130.7° E
Saros family
Eclipses ~18 years and 11 days apart — same orbital geometry, shifted ~120° west each cycle.
1 Saros earlier
Total solar eclipse
February 26, 1979
1 Saros later
Total solar eclipse
March 20, 2015