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No a lunar eclipse is when the Earth gets between the sun and the moon preventing the moon from reflecting the sun's ray causing it to appear to disappear. A solar eclipse is when the moon gets between the sun and the Earth.

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When the moon passes between earth and the sun?

Then we see full moons. If the Earth passes PRECISELY between the Sun and the Moon, then we see a lunar eclipse.


What is the difference between a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipsee?

A lunar eclipse is when the shadow of the earth passes over the moon, and a solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the earth and the sun.


When the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun what is it called?

This is called a lunar eclipse. (A solar eclipse occurs when the new moon passes between the earth and the sun.)


Does a lunar eclipse occur when the path of earth's orbit passes between the sun and the moon?

No. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and Moon. Earth's orbit is an intangible imaginary ellipse that does not cast a shadow.


What is it called when there is a blocking of a view of the full moon when the moon passes through the earth's shadow?

This phenomenon is called a lunar eclipse. During a lunar eclipse, the Earth passes directly between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Earth's shadow to fall on the Moon, blocking the sunlight and causing the Moon to appear darkened or reddish in color.


When the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun it causes a lunar eclipse?

No. it is a solar eclipse.


When the moon passes into the shadow of earth it is called?

A lunar eclipse


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.


When the earth passes between the sun and the moon which eclipse occurs?

I believe its Lunar


Where is between the Sun and the moon during a lunar eclipse?

When the Moon passes between Sun and Earth, the lunar shadow is seen as a solar eclipse on Earth. When Earth passes directly between Sun and Moon, its shadow creates a lunar eclipse. Lunar eclipses can only happen when the Moon is opposite the Sun in the sky, a monthly occurrence we know as a full Moon.


When does an eclipse happen?

An eclipse happens when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth. This is called a solar eclipse.A lunar eclipse happens when the moon passes through Earth's shadow.


A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through Earth's what?

A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through Earth's shadow.