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    Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses: What Is An Eclipse?

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    There are two types of eclipses: solar and lunar. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting its shadow on Earth. This can be total, partial, or annular. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow on the moon. There are three types of lunar eclipses: total, partial, and penumbral. Solar eclipses happen more frequently than lunar eclipses due to the moon's tilted orbit around Earth.

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    Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses: What Is An Eclipse?

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    There are two types of eclipses: solar and lunar. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting its shadow on Earth. This can be total, partial, or annular. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow on the moon. There are three types of lunar eclipses: total, partial, and penumbral. Solar eclipses happen more frequently than lunar eclipses due to the moon's tilted orbit around Earth.

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    There are two types of eclipses: solar and lunar. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting its shadow on Earth. This can be total, partial, or annular. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow on the moon. There are three types of lunar eclipses: total, partial, and penumbral. Solar eclipses happen more frequently than lunar eclipses due to the moon's tilted orbit around Earth.

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    Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses: What Is An Eclipse?

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    There are two types of eclipses: solar and lunar. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting its shadow on Earth. This can be total, partial, or annular. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow on the moon. There are three types of lunar eclipses: total, partial, and penumbral. Solar eclipses happen more frequently than lunar eclipses due to the moon's tilted orbit around Earth.

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    Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses

    What is an eclipse?
    An eclipse happens when a planet or a moon gets in the way of the Sun’s light. Here on Earth, we can
    experience two kinds of eclipses: solar eclipses and lunar eclipses.

    Solar Eclipse
    A solar eclipse happens when the moon gets in the way of the sun’s light and casts its shadow on Earth.
    That means during the day, the moon moves over the sun and it gets dark. Isn’t it strange that it gets dark
    in the middle of the day? This total eclipse happens about every year and a half somewhere on Earth. A
    partial eclipse, when the moon doesn’t completely cover the sun, happens at least twice a year somewhere
    on Earth.

    On average, the same spot on Earth only gets to see a solar eclipse for a few minutes about every 375
    years!

    Types of Solar Eclipse


    1-Total Solar Eclipses

    A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon completely covers the Sun, as seen from Earth. Totality
    during such an eclipse can only be seen from a limited area, shaped like a narrow belt, usually about 160
    km (100 mi) wide and 16,000 km (10,000 mi) long. Areas outside this track may be able to see a partial
    eclipse of the Sun.

    2-Partial Solar Eclipses

    A partial solar eclipse happens when the Moon only partially covers the disk of the Sun.

    3-Annular Solar Eclipses

    An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon appears smaller than the Sun as it passes centrally across
    the solar disk and a bright ring, or annulus, of sunlight remains visible during the eclipse.

    4-Hybrid Solar Eclipses

    A hybrid solar eclipse is a rare form of solar eclipse, which changes from an annular to a total solar
    eclipse, and vice versa, along its path.
    Lunar Eclipse
    During a lunar eclipse, Earth gets in the way of the sun’s light hitting the moon. That means that during
    the night, a full moon fades away as Earth’s shadow covers it up.

    The moon can also look reddish because Earth’s atmosphere absorbs the other colors while it bends some
    sunlight toward the moon. Sunlight bending through the atmosphere and absorbing other colors is also
    why sunsets are orange and red. During a total lunar eclipse, the moon is shining from all the sunrises and
    sunsets occurring on Earth!

    Types of Lunar Eclipse


    There are 3 kinds of lunar eclipses: total, partial, and penumbral.

    1-Total Lunar Eclipses


    A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth's umbra – the central, dark part of its shadow – obscures the
    Moon’s entire surface.
    2-Partial Lunar Eclipses
    A partial lunar eclipse can be observed when only part of the Moon's surface is obscured by Earth’s
    umbra.
    3-Penumbral Lunar Eclipses
    A penumbral lunar eclipse happens when the Moon travels through the faint penumbral portion of Earth’s
    shadow.

    Why don’t we have a lunar eclipse every month?

    You might be wondering why we don’t have a lunar eclipse every month as the moon orbits Earth. It’s
    true that the moon goes around Earth every month, but it doesn’t always get in Earth’s shadow. The
    moon’s path around Earth is tilted compared to Earth’s orbit around the sun. The moon can be behind
    Earth but still get hit by light from the sun.
    Because they don’t happen every month, a lunar eclipse is a special event. Unlike solar eclipses, lots of
    people get to see each lunar eclipse. If you live on the nighttime half of Earth when the eclipse happens,
    you’ll be able to see it.

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