Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1980, 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, 16 February 1980
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:45 to 17:01, greatest at 14:23 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 65% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 14:36 to 16:51, greatest at 15:47
- Magnitude
- 0.651
- Sutak begins
- 16 Feb, 02:36
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 12:41 to 16:04
Lunar eclipse, 02 March 1980
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:15 to 04:14, greatest at 02:15 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 28 July 1980
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:29, 27 Jul to 01:47, greatest at 00:38 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 11 August 1980
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 21:43, 10 Aug to 03:39, greatest at 00:41 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 22:47, 10 Aug to 02:35
Lunar eclipse, 26 August 1980
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:13 to 10:47, greatest at 09:00 (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.