Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1789, 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, 09 May 1789
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:26 to 16:16, greatest at 15:21 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 03 November 1789
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:05 to 07:14, greatest at 06:10 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 03:33 to 06:10, greatest at 06:10
- Magnitude
- 0.309
- Sutak begins
- 02 Nov, 20:05
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.