Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1957, 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, 14 May 1957
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:15 to 05:46, greatest at 04:00 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 01:13 to 04:00, greatest at 04:00
- Magnitude
- 1.298
- Sutak begins
- 13 May, 17:15
- Totality
- 03:22 to 04:39
Lunar eclipse, 07 November 1957
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aries, Bharani nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 18:13 to 21:40, greatest at 19:56 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:13 to 22:51, greatest at 19:56
- Magnitude
- 1.030
- Sutak begins
- 07 Nov, 09:13
- Totality
- 19:43 to 20:10
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.