Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1956, 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, 24 May 1956
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Scorpio, Anuradha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 19:19 to 22:43, greatest at 21:01 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:19 to 23:55, greatest at 21:01
- Magnitude
- 0.965
- Sutak begins
- 24 May, 10:19
Lunar eclipse, 18 November 1956
- Type
- Total
- In
- Taurus, Krittika nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:32 to 14:02, greatest at 12:17 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
- Totality
- 11:38 to 12:56
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.