Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1677, 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, 17 May 1677
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Scorpio, Anuradha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:09 to 10:42, greatest at 09:26 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 09 November 1677
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 15:30 to 18:00, greatest at 16:45 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:00 to 19:23, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.453
- Sutak begins
- 09 Nov, 06:30
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.