Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1877, 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, 28 February 1877
- Type
- Total
- In
- Leo, Purva Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 22:51, 27 Feb to 02:22, greatest at 00:36 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 21:55, 27 Feb to 03:18, greatest at 00:36
- Magnitude
- 1.666
- Sutak begins
- 27 Feb, 13:51
- Totality
- 23:48, 27 Feb to 01:24
Lunar eclipse, 24 August 1877
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:35 to 06:30, greatest at 04:32 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 01:25 to 04:32, greatest at 04:32
- Magnitude
- 1.684
- Sutak begins
- 23 Aug, 17:35
- Totality
- 03:40 to 05:25
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.