Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 1979, 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 March 1979
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Leo, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:59 to 04:16, greatest at 02:38 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:42, 13 Mar to 05:33, greatest at 02:38
- Magnitude
- 0.853
- Sutak begins
- 13 Mar, 15:59
Lunar eclipse, 06 September 1979
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aquarius, Shatabhisha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:48 to 18:00, greatest at 16:24 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 18:56 to 18:56, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.094
- Sutak begins
- 06 Sep, 05:48
- Totality
- 16:01 to 16:46
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.