Eclipses

Solar Eclipses

Lunar Eclipses

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Eclipse – the shadowing of one object (planet or moon) upon another.

Eclipses

Lunar Eclipses

Lunar Eclipse

• Earth comes directly between the Sun and a Full Moon.

• Earth’s shadows falls on the moon’s surface

Sun Earth Full Moon

Earth’s shadow

Lunar Eclipse

ONLY happens during a full moon

Eclipses

Solar Eclipses

Solar Eclipse

ONLY happens during a new moon

Solar Eclipse

• A New Moon comes directly between the Sun and Earth.

• Moon’s shadows falls on the Earth’s surface

Sun EarthNew Moon

Moon’s shadow

Annular Eclipse• Type of solar eclipse.

• New moon comes between the Sun and Earth, but Earth is farther away from moon so—it allows light to shine around the New Moon. We see a ring of sunlight around the moon

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Moon’s shadow

Ring of sunlight around moon