Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1970, 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, 21 February 1970
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:33 to 14:26, greatest at 14:00 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Solar eclipse, 07 March 1970
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:34 to 01:41, 08 Mar, greatest at 23:07 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 21:33 to 00:41, 08 Mar
Lunar eclipse, 17 August 1970
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:47 to 09:59, greatest at 08:53 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Solar eclipse, 01 September 1970
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:29 to 06:19, greatest at 03:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 01:41 to 05:07
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.