Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1953, 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, 30 January 1953
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 03:24 to 07:10, greatest at 05:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 02:11 to 07:10, greatest at 05:17
- Magnitude
- 1.331
- Sutak begins
- 29 Jan, 18:24
- Totality
- 04:35 to 05:59
Lunar eclipse, 26 July 1953
- Type
- Total
- In
- Capricorn, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:02 to 19:38, greatest at 17:50 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:38 to 20:33, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.863
- Sutak begins
- 26 Jul, 07:02
- Totality
- 17:00 to 18:41
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.