Eclipses
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Half of the Earth is dark in the image below. What is the dark half of Earth experiencing?
Nighttime
During a lunar eclipse, what occurs?
The Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.
What is a Solar Eclipse?
The Moon moves in between the Sun and Earth and the moons shadow is reflecting onto the Earth
If you are seeing a solar eclipse but you are NOT located in the umbra of the Moon, what might you see in the sky?
when it is completely blocked by the Moon, which is what a viewer sees only when he is in the umbra of the Moon. A viewer who sees a solar eclipse but is not in the umbra would see part of the Sun, but not all of it.
