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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]
The rarity of today's event has many curious about the nature of eclipses and the difference between the two kinds. Lunar eclipse vs. solar eclipse: What's the difference between them? Skip to ...
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.
File:Solar Eclipse diagram.svg. ... Simplistic diagram of solar eclipse: Date: 20 January 2007: Source: Own work: Author: ... Lunar eclipse : File usage. No pages on ...
🌞 Solar and Lunar Eclipses 🌚 During a solar eclipse , the moon moves between the sun and Earth , and the sun casts the dark central part of the moon’s shadow, the umbra , on Earth.
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.
By the 1600s, European astronomers were publishing books with diagrams explaining how lunar and solar eclipses occurred. [26] [27] In order to disseminate this information to a broader audience and decrease fear of the consequences of eclipses, booksellers printed broadsides explaining the event either using the science or via astrology. [28]
A lunar eclipse can occur only when the full Moon is near either lunar node (within 11° 38' ecliptic longitude), while a solar eclipse can occur only when the new Moon is near either lunar node (within 17° 25'). Both solar eclipses of July 2000 (on the 1st and 31st days) occurred around the time when the Moon was at its ascending node ...