Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1958, 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, 04 April 1958
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 09:14 to 09:45, greatest at 09:29 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 19 April 1958
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:54 to 11:59, greatest at 08:56 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 39% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 06:41 to 08:46, greatest at 07:40
- Magnitude
- 0.387
- Sutak begins
- 18 Apr, 18:41
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 07:00 to 10:52
Lunar eclipse, 03 May 1958
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Swati nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:32 to 17:53, greatest at 17:42 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:44 to 19:44, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.010
- Sutak begins
- 03 May, 08:32
Solar eclipse, 13 October 1958
- Type
- Total
- In
- Virgo, Chitra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:49, 12 Oct to 04:59, greatest at 02:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 00:45 to 04:04
Lunar eclipse, 27 October 1958
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:48 to 23:06, greatest at 20:57 (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.