Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1887, and whether they can be seen from New Delhi, Delhi, India. Sutak is kept only where the eclipse is visible: twelve hours before a solar eclipse and nine before a lunar one.
Lunar eclipse, 08 February 1887
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:35 to 16:51, greatest at 15:43 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:02 to 18:02, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.433
- Sutak begins
- 08 Feb, 05:35
Solar eclipse, 23 February 1887
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:02 to 05:46, greatest at 02:54 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 01:16 to 04:32
Lunar eclipse, 04 August 1887
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:56 to 03:23, greatest at 02:10 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:33, 03 Aug to 04:46, greatest at 02:10
- Magnitude
- 0.419
- Sutak begins
- 03 Aug, 15:56
Solar eclipse, 19 August 1887
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:26 to 13:20, greatest at 10:53 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 14% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 09:14 to 10:41, greatest at 09:56
- Magnitude
- 0.138
- Sutak begins
- 18 Aug, 21:14
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 09:31 to 12:15
Times are local to New Delhi, Delhi, India, worked out with the sidereal (Lahiri) zodiac. Sunrise and sunset are for the upper edge of the Sun with normal refraction.