Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1943, 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, 20 February 1943
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Magha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:33 to 13:42, greatest at 12:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 16 August 1943
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Dhanishta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:29 to 03:27, greatest at 01:58 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:29, 15 Aug to 04:26, greatest at 01:58
- Magnitude
- 0.870
- Sutak begins
- 15 Aug, 15:29
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.