Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1697, 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, 06 May 1697
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:18 to 12:53, greatest at 11:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 30 October 1697
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 23:58, 29 Oct to 02:40, greatest at 01:19 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 22:54, 29 Oct to 03:43, greatest at 01:19
- Magnitude
- 0.678
- Sutak begins
- 29 Oct, 14:58
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.