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A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a solar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface. [1] A simulation of the start and end of the August 28, 2007 lunar eclipse, viewed from the center of the Moon. [2] Solar eclipses on the Moon are caused when the planet Earth passes in front of the Sun and blocks its light.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially.Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of Earth's orbit. [1]
Lunar eclipse orbital diagram: Date: ... Lunareclipsediagram2.gif by Tom Ruen, and derivating from Image:Solar eclipse fr.svg: Author: ... You can propose images to ...
The rarity of today's event has many curious about the nature of eclipses and the difference between the two kinds.
Here's what to know about the astrological and astronomical differences between a lunar and solar eclipse, according to PEOPLE's resident astrologer Kyle Thomas
A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a solar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface. The Moon's surface appears red because the only sunlight available is refracted through Earth's atmosphere on the edges of Earth, as shown in the sky in this painting. A lunar eclipse is on the Moon a solar eclipse. The occurrence makes ...
Here are some popular myths about the effects of the solar eclipse with NASA's scientifically-correct explanations. Solar eclipse: What time is the eclipse in OH, KY and IN? A list of start times ...
Solar and lunar eclipses occur at times of syzygy, as do transits and occultations. The term is often applied when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction or in opposition . [4] When Earth is one of the bodies involved, the other objects appear to be close together (or overlapping) in the sky.