Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 2055, 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, 12 February 2055
- Type
- Total
- In
- Cancer, Ashlesha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 02:35 to 05:54, greatest at 04:14 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Seen from New Delhi from beginning to end
- Seen locally
- 01:38 to 06:51, greatest at 04:14
- Magnitude
- 1.224
- Sutak begins
- 11 Feb, 17:35
- Totality
- 03:42 to 04:47
Lunar eclipse, 07 August 2055
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Capricorn, Shravana nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 14:40 to 18:03, greatest at 16:21 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 19:15 to 19:15, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.960
- Sutak begins
- 07 Aug, 05:40
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.