Eclipse Dates
Solar and lunar eclipses of 2008, 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, 07 February 2008
- Type
- Annular
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:08 to 11:41, greatest at 09:25 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 08:49 to 10:00
Lunar eclipse, 21 February 2008
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:13 to 10:38, greatest at 08:56 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 06:06 to 06:06, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.106
- Sutak begins
- 20 Feb, 22:13
- Totality
- 08:31 to 09:20
Solar eclipse, 01 August 2008
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 13:34 to 18:08, greatest at 15:51 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi: 62% of the Sun's diameter covered at the maximum
- Seen locally
- 16:03 to 17:56, greatest at 17:02
- Magnitude
- 0.623
- Sutak begins
- 01 Aug, 04:03
- Totality or annularity (on the central path)
- 14:51 to 16:51
Lunar eclipse, 17 August 2008
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aquarius, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 01:06 to 04:14, greatest at 02:40 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:54, 16 Aug to 05:25, greatest at 02:40
- Magnitude
- 0.808
- Sutak begins
- 16 Aug, 16:06
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.