Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1945, 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, 25 June 1945
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 20:07 to 23:20, greatest at 21:43 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 21:43 to 00:30, 26 Jun, greatest at 21:43
- Magnitude
- 0.860
- Sutak begins
- 25 Jun, 11:07
Lunar eclipse, 19 December 1945
- Type
- Total
- In
- Gemini, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:07 to 09:32, greatest at 07:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:09 to 06:07, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.342
- Sutak begins
- 18 Dec, 21:07
- Totality
- 07:10 to 08:29
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.