Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1950, 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, 03 April 1950
- Type
- Total
- In
- Virgo, Hasta nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:39 to 03:48, greatest at 02:14 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:40, 02 Apr to 04:47, greatest at 02:14
- Magnitude
- 1.033
- Sutak begins
- 02 Apr, 15:39
- Totality
- 02:00 to 02:27
Lunar eclipse, 26 September 1950
- Type
- Total
- In
- Pisces, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 08:01 to 11:31, greatest at 09:46 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 09:24 to 10:08
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.