Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1899, 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, 23 June 1899
- Type
- Total
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 17:54 to 21:23, greatest at 19:39 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:39 to 22:19, greatest at 19:39
- Magnitude
- 1.482
- Sutak begins
- 23 Jun, 08:54
- Totality
- 18:54 to 20:23
Lunar eclipse, 17 December 1899
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:05 to 08:27, greatest at 06:46 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 03:55 to 06:46, greatest at 06:46
- Magnitude
- 0.992
- Sutak begins
- 16 Dec, 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.