Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1973, 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, 19 January 1973
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Cancer, Pushya nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:48 to 04:45, greatest at 02:47 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 16 June 1973
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Mula nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:37 to 04:02, greatest at 02:19 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 15 July 1973
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Sagittarius, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 16:19 to 17:58, greatest at 17:08 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 10 December 1973
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Taurus, Mrigashira nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:40 to 07:48, greatest at 07:14 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:08 to 06:40, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.100
- Sutak begins
- 09 Dec, 21:40
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.