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Lunar eclipse. Where the Moon is behind the Earth, thus eclipsing it.
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When does earth have an eclipse?
When the Sun, Earth and Moon line up exactly, an eclipse occurs. If the alignment is sun, Moon, Earth, then it is a solar eclipse. If the alignment is Sun, Earth, Moon, then we have a lunar eclipse.
Why is there a solar eclipse and lunar eclipse?
There is a solar eclipse when the moon blocks the sun from the Earth. A lunar eclipse is when the earth block the sun from the moon.
When does the eclipse of sun or solar eclipse occur?
A Solar Eclipse is a blocking of sun light reaching the Earth. The Blockage is caused by the Moon coming directly between the Sun and the Earth. The Words' Solar ; of the Sun (Latin) Eclipse ; Obscuring (Classical Greek).
In a lunar eclipse the moon is between the earth and the sun?
No that's a solar eclipse in a lunar eclipse the Earth is between the sun and moon.
What occurs when the sun moon and earth are in a line?
An eclipse of the Sun, if they are in that order. Moon, Earth and Sun would be an eclipse of the Moon..
What is the type of eclipse is there when the moon is between the sun and earth?
Solar eclipse
What eclipse is it when the moon is between the earth and sun?
A solar Eclipse. The moon blocks the sun out to observers on Earth.
What is a eclips?
An eclipse is when the moon comes between the sun and the earth, (solar eclipse), or the earth comes between the sun and the moon, (lunar eclipse).
What 2 possible positions could an eclipse occur?
Sun/Moon/Earth = Solar eclipse Sun/Earth/Moon = Lunar eclipse
What the line up during a solar and a lunar eclipse?
Solar eclipse--Sun, moon, Earth Lunar eclipse-- Sun, Earth, moon
What is the differences between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
a solar eclipse is where the earth blocks the sunlight to the moon (sun--earth--moon) a lunar eclipse is where the moon blocks the sunlight to the earth (sun--moon--earth)
In a lunar eclipse is the moon between the sun and earth?
No. In a lunar eclipse Earth is between the sun and the moon, thus casting a shadow on the moon. When the moon passes between Earth and the sun it is a solar eclipse, to an observer on Earth, the moon eclipses the sun.
