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When the moon blocks sunlight from reaching a portion of the earth's surface?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
When the moon blocks sunlight from reaching a portion of the earth's surfaces it is called a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse can be total or partial. Unlike a lunar eclipse, which can be viewed at night from anywhere on the dark side of the earth, a solar eclipse can be viewed from only a relatively small area of the world. A total solar eclipse happens when the earth, moon, and sun are in a straight line, or as astronomers say, in syzygy, with the moon in the middle and appearing to completely cover the sun but for a soft surround of reflected light behind it. A solar eclipse can happen only at new moon. Not to be confused with a lunar eclipse, which can happen only at full moon. The next partial solar eclipse is on September 13, 2015. The next total solar eclipse is on March 20, 2015.
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∙ 9y ago
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Does cloud cover effect the amount of sunlight that reaches the earth's surface?
Cloud cover blocks incoming solar radiation from reaching the earth's surface
Is it true that During a lunar eclipse Earth's shadow blocks light from reaching the sun?
No. Earth's shadow blocks sunlight reaching the Moon.
What is is called when earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon?
a Lunar Eclipse
What is it when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the earth?
a Lunar Eclipse
What is it called when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the earth?
a Lunar Eclipse
Is there algae in ponds and in lakes?
it blocks the sunlight from reaching the underwater plants and traps and blocks oxygen in the water, which is needed by aquamarine animals.
What eclipse blocks the sunlight from reaching the moon?
Your correspondent 'Wiki User 10 yrs ago'. is incorrect. No one is 'Stupid' , when they don't know. Stupidity comes about , when the persons knows, but does not use the information correctly. To answer the question. When the sunlight is blocked from reaching the Moon, it is a LUNAR eclipse. A Solar Eclipse is when the Moon blocks the sunlight from reaching the Earth.
Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon?
The moon is only big enough to block sunlight from a small spot on the Earth ... never more than about 170 miles across. On the rare occasion when that happens, the event is called a "solar eclipse".An eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth. The same is true when the opposite occurs.
What is a positive feature of the ozone layer?
It blocks Solar ultra-violet radiation from reaching Earth's surface.
How does volcanic ash in Earths atomosphere affect solar radiation?
It blocks (some of) it from reaching the surface of the Earth.
What is a total eclipses?
A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon completely blocks the sun from part of the Earth, essentially turning day into night. A total lunar eclipse occurs when Earth blocks all sunlight from reaching the moon save for the small amount that is refracted through the atmosphere.
Earth blocking sunlight reaching the moon?
The moon is only big enough to block sunlight from a small spot on the Earth ... never more than about 170 miles across. On the rare occasion when that happens, the event is called a "solar eclipse".An eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth. The same is true when the opposite occurs.
