Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1953, 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, 30 January 1953
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 03:24 to 07:10, greatest at 05:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 02:11 to 07:10, greatest at 05:17
- Magnitude
- 1.331
- Sutak begins
- 29 Jan, 18:24
- Totality
- 04:35 to 05:59
Solar eclipse, 14 February 1953
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:42 to 08:15, greatest at 06:28 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Solar eclipse, 11 July 1953
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:08 to 09:19, greatest at 08:13 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
Lunar eclipse, 26 July 1953
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:02 to 19:38, greatest at 17:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:38 to 20:33, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.863
- Sutak begins
- 26 Jul, 07:02
- Totality
- 17:00 to 18:41
Solar eclipse, 09 August 1953
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:52 to 22:56, greatest at 21:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
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.