Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1988, 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, 03 March 1988
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:15 to 00:09, 04 Mar, greatest at 21:42 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 18 March 1988
- Type
- Total
- In
- Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:54 to 10:01, greatest at 07:28 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 22% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:57 to 07:08, greatest at 06:31
- Magnitude
- 0.215
- Sutak begins
- 17 Mar, 17:57
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 05:52 to 09:03
Lunar eclipse, 27 August 1988
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:37 to 17:31, greatest at 16:34 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Solar eclipse, 11 September 1988
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:15 to 13:10, greatest at 10:13 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 12% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 07:45 to 09:04, greatest at 08:23
- Magnitude
- 0.122
- Sutak begins
- 10 Sep, 19:45
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 08:25 to 12:01
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.