Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Chandra Grahan 17 August 2027
A penumbral lunar eclipse on 17 August 2027: not visible from Kathmandu, and not visible from Delhi.
- Type
- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- Greatest eclipse
- 07:13 UTC
- Whole event
- 05:24 to 09:03 UTC, 3 h 39 min
- Visible from
- 4 of our 63 cities
Local times
Times are local to each city. Where the eclipse is already under way at moonrise or sunrise, or still under way at setting, only the visible part is given.
| City | Visible | Greatest | Magnitude | Sutak from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 01:24 to 05:03 | 03:13 | · | not kept |
| Toronto | 01:24 to 05:03 | 03:13 | · | not kept |
| San Francisco | 22:24 to 02:03 | 00:13 | · | not kept |
| Sydney | 17:26 to 19:03 (from moonrise) | below horizon | · | not kept |
Not visible from: Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Pokhara, Biratnagar, Birgunj, Bharatpur, Butwal, Dharan, Janakpur, Nepalgunj, Dhangadhi, Hetauda, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna, Bhopal, Indore, Chandigarh, Surat, Nagpur, Kanpur, Noida, Gurugram, Ujjain, Haridwar, Mathura, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Gaya, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Ranchi, Raipur, Dehradun, Amritsar, Vadodara, Rajkot, Nashik, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mysuru, London, Dubai, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore.
Sutak and tradition
Sutak, the period before an eclipse, begins nine hours (three prahars) before the eclipse starts, and lasts until it ends. Traditionally temples close, cooked food is set aside, and prayers and mantras are recited until the eclipse is over, followed by a bath and charity. Sutak applies only where the eclipse can be seen, and is not usually kept for a penumbral eclipse like this one, in which the Moon dims only slightly.
A lunar eclipse is safe to watch with the naked eye.
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Calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris, which matches NASA's eclipse predictions to within a minute.