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March 8, 1997 — Total Solar Eclipse — Nome, AK, USA

Mar 8, 1997 at 5:22 pm
Max View in Nome, Alaska
Global Event: Total Solar Eclipse
Local Type: Partial Solar Eclipse in Nome, Alaska
Began: Sat, Mar 8, 1997 at 4:20 pm
Maximum: Sat, Mar 8, 1997 at 5:22 pm 0.758 Magnitude
Ended: Sat, Mar 8, 1997 at 6:22 pm
Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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March 8, 1997 — Total Solar Eclipse — Nome

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Nome. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (AKST) for Nome.

PhaseTimeEventDirectionAltitude
Partial Solar Eclipse

16:20:54

Sat, Mar 8

Partial eclipse begins

The moment the edge of the Moon touches the edge of the Sun is called first contact.

213°
17.1°
Partial Solar Eclipse

17:22:55

Sat, Mar 8

Maximum eclipse

The deepest point of the eclipse, with the Sun at its most hidden.

229°
12.7°
Partial Solar Eclipse

18:22:35

Sat, Mar 8

Partial eclipse ends

The edge of the Moon leaves the edge of the Sun.

The Sun is close to the horizon, so make sure you have free sight to the WSW.

243°
7.4°

* Timings for the beginning & end of partial eclipse and maximum eclipse are accurate to within a few seconds. This calculation uses a Delta T value of 62.4 seconds.
Timings for other events are approximate—they are included here as a rough guide to features that might be observable. The icons show the position of the Moon against the Sun at each stage.

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The total phase of this solar eclipse was not visible in Nome, but it could be observed there as a partial solar eclipse.

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Cloud Coverage (Mar 8)

In the past, this day was cloudy 51% of the time (since 2000).

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Eclipses and Transits Visible in Nome

Eclipse Visibility From NomeVisibility Worldwide
Feb 9, 1990 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jul 21, 1990 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Aug 6, 1990 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 29, 1991 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Dec 20–21, 1991 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 4, 1992 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Dec 9, 1992 Partial Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 23, 1992 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
May 21, 1993 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jun 4, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 28–29, 1993 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
May 10, 1994 Partial Solar EclipseAnnular Solar Eclipse
Nov 17, 1994 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 15, 1995 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Oct 8, 1995 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 26, 1996 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 8, 1997 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 23, 1997 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Sep 16, 1997 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 12, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Sep 6, 1998 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jan 31, 1999 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 28, 1999 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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