Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1919, 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, 15 May 1919
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Scorpio, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:27 to 09:00, greatest at 06:43 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 08 November 1919
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 04:29 to 05:59, greatest at 05:14 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 03:05 to 05:59, greatest at 05:14
- Magnitude
- 0.177
- Sutak begins
- 07 Nov, 19:29
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.