Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 1998, 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, 26 February 1998
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:20 to 01:36, 27 Feb, greatest at 22:58 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 21:16 to 00:39, 27 Feb
Lunar eclipse, 13 March 1998
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Leo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:46 to 11:53, greatest at 09:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 08 August 1998
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:06 to 08:43, greatest at 07:54 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Solar eclipse, 22 August 1998
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:40 to 10:31, greatest at 07:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 6% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 05:30 to 06:12, greatest at 05:56
- Magnitude
- 0.058
- Sutak begins
- 21 Aug, 17:30
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 05:44 to 09:27
Lunar eclipse, 06 September 1998
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:46 to 18:34, greatest at 16:40 (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.