Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1928, 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.
Solar eclipse, 19 May 1928
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:55 to 20:52, greatest at 18:53 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 18:42 to 19:05
Lunar eclipse, 03 June 1928
- Type
- Total
- In
- Scorpio, Jyeshtha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:48 to 19:31, greatest at 17:39 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:31 to 20:42, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.241
- Sutak begins
- 03 Jun, 06:48
- Totality
- 17:01 to 18:17
Solar eclipse, 18 June 1928
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 01:33 to 02:20, greatest at 01:57 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 12 November 1928
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:03 to 17:32, greatest at 15:18 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 51% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 14:55 to 17:29, greatest at 16:18
- Magnitude
- 0.510
- Sutak begins
- 12 Nov, 02:55
Lunar eclipse, 27 November 1928
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Rohini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 12:54 to 16:08, greatest at 14:31 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 14:03 to 14:58
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.