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This causes an eclipse season approximately every six months, in which a solar eclipse can occur at the new moon phase and a lunar eclipse can occur at the full moon phase. Total solar eclipse paths: 1001–2000, showing that total solar eclipses occur almost everywhere on Earth. This image was merged from 50 separate images from NASA. [37]
English: A diagram illustrating the difference between a full moon and a lunar eclipse, and the difference between a new moon and a solar eclipse. This is caused by the 5° incline of the moon's orbital plane around earth, meaning that an eclipse can only happen when the moon is nearly in line with the nodal line.
The rarity of today's event has many curious about the nature of eclipses and the difference between the two kinds.
A lunar eclipse appears when the Earth stands between the moon and the sun. This blocks the sunlight from the moon, making it appear in hues of orange, brown, red — or even, black out entirely.
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A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon align so that the moon passes into Earth's shadow. In a total lunar eclipse, the entire moon falls within the darkest part of Earth's shadow ...