Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1887, 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, 08 February 1887
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:35 to 16:51, greatest at 15:43 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:02 to 18:02, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.433
- Sutak begins
- 08 Feb, 05:35
Lunar eclipse, 04 August 1887
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:56 to 03:23, greatest at 02:10 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:33, 03 Aug to 04:46, greatest at 02:10
- Magnitude
- 0.419
- Sutak begins
- 03 Aug, 15:56
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.