Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1700, 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, 05 March 1700
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 11:44 to 15:17, greatest at 13:30 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 12:41 to 14:19
Lunar eclipse, 29 August 1700
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:57 to 20:51, greatest at 18:54 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 20:51 to 22:01, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.583
- Sutak begins
- 29 Aug, 07:57
- Totality
- 18:03 to 19:45
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.