Lunar Eclipse
Lunar eclipses (Chandra Grahan) of 2270, 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, 08 January 2270
- Type
- Penumbral
- In
- Gemini, Punarvasu nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 07:18 to 10:05, greatest at 08:42 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- A penumbral eclipse: hardly visible, and no Sutak is kept
Lunar eclipse, 04 July 2270
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Sagittarius, Purva Ashadha nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 10:42 to 12:16, greatest at 11:29 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Not seen from New Delhi: the Moon is below the horizon
Lunar eclipse, 28 December 2270
- Type
- Partial
- In
- Gemini, Ardra nakshatra
- Whole eclipse (anywhere on Earth)
- 06:32 to 09:04, greatest at 07:48 (local time)
- From New Delhi
- Partly seen from New Delhi (the Moon is below the horizon for part of it)
- Seen locally
- 05:03 to 06:32, after the greatest phase (the Moon rises during the eclipse)
- Magnitude
- 0.436
- Sutak begins
- 27 Dec, 21:32
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.