Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 2004, 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, 05 May 2004
- Type
- Total
- In
- Libra, Vishakha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 00:18 to 03:41, greatest at 02:00 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 23:22, 04 May to 04:38, greatest at 02:00
- Magnitude
- 1.304
- Sutak begins
- 04 May, 15:18
- Totality
- 01:22 to 02:38
Lunar eclipse, 28 October 2004
- Type
- Total
- In
- Aries, Ashwini nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:44 to 10:23, greatest at 08:34 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:37 to 05:37, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 1.308
- Sutak begins
- 27 Oct, 21:44
- Totality
- 07:53 to 09:14
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.