Science Solar System: Solar Eclipse
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun causing a shadow to fall on certain portions of the Earth
What is a solar eclipse?
New Moon
What moon phase does a solar eclipse occur?
Less than 3 minutes
About how long does an eclipse last?
Umbra=total---Penumbra=Partial
Explain what a penumbra and umbra shadow are.
The moon reflects light from the sun which bounces to Earth
How does the moon create light?
An average wait of 375 years.
How long do you have to wait to see 2 total eclipses occur in 1 area?
Umbra & Penumbra
Types of Solar Eclipses.
New Moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, & waning crescent
What are the 8 moon phases?
A solar eclipse is when the moon passes between Earth & the sun while a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the sun & the moon.
What is the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse?
The track of the shadow that moves across Earth during a total eclipse.
What is the path of totality of a solar eclipse?
An annular solar eclipse happens when the moon covers the sun's center, leaving the sun's visible outer edges to form a "ring of fire" or annulus around the moon.
What will one see during an annulus eclipse?
We do not experience a solar eclipse because the moon's orbit around the Earth is tilted 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit around the sun. The moon's shadow usually misses the Earth at New Moon.
Why don't we experience a solar eclipse every month?
