Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1940, 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, 24 March 1940
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:40 to 01:55, greatest at 01:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 08 April 1940
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Pisces, Revati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:47, 07 Apr to 04:54, greatest at 01:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 23:53, 07 Apr to 03:48
Lunar eclipse, 22 April 1940
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:59 to 11:52, greatest at 09:55 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 01 October 1940
- Type
- Total
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:38 to 20:48, greatest at 18:13 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 16:33 to 19:54
Lunar eclipse, 16 October 1940
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Pisces, Revati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:26 to 15:34, greatest at 13:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
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.