Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1952, 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, 11 February 1952
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 05:34 to 06:44, greatest at 06:09 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 03:38 to 06:44, greatest at 06:09
- Magnitude
- 0.083
- Sutak begins
- 10 Feb, 20:34
Lunar eclipse, 06 August 1952
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:03 to 02:31, greatest at 01:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 22:58, 05 Aug to 03:36, greatest at 01:17
- Magnitude
- 0.532
- Sutak begins
- 05 Aug, 15:03
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.