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Sometimes the path the moon takes around the Earth and the path that the Earth takes around the sun line up in such a way that the moon is directly between the sun and the Earth. When this happens, the moon's shadow may block the sun's light from striking a small area of the Earth, causing a solar eclipse. We are very fortunate to live in an era when the moon is at exactly the right distance to occasionally give us perfect total eclipses. The moon is very slowly drifting farther and farther from earth, and in perhaps thousands of years, there will no longer ever be perfect eclipses. The best they will ever be is annular. See the Related Question for more on how the earth moon and sun interact to give us eclipses.

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During a lunar eclipse, the Moon's orbit around Earth brings Earth directly between the Moon and the Sun. Earth blocks the Sun's light from the Moon, which casts a shadow over it. Because the Sun and the Moon have to be on opposite sides of the Earth for a lunar eclipse to occur, there are only lunar eclipses during a full Moon. Most full moons do not result in a lunar eclipse because the Moon does not orbit Earth in the same plane as Earth orbits the Sun, so the alignment necessary for a lunar eclipse doesn't happen often.Resource: learner.orgDuring a lunar eclipse, the Moon's orbit around Earth brings Earth directly between the Moon and the Sun. Earth blocks the Sun's light from the Moon, which casts a shadow over it. Because the Sun and the Moon have to be on opposite sides of the Earth for a lunar eclipse to occur, there are only lunar eclipses during a full Moon. Most full moons do not result in a lunar eclipse because the Moon does not orbit Earth in the same plane as Earth orbits the Sun, so the alignment necessary for a lunar eclipse doesn't happen often.Resource: learner.org

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The Moon gets directly between the Earth and the Sun for a brief period, causing partial or total blockage of the Sun during the eclipse. The term "solar" eclipse is when the Moon casts a shadow on the Earth (across the Sun), and the term "lunar" eclipse refers to the Earth casting its shadow across the Moon.

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Q: How does the movement of the earth and moon cause eclipses?
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The of the earth sun and moon cause the phases of the moon and eclipses?

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What certain alignments of Earth the Moon and the Sun cause?

It can cause lunar eclipses, and solar eclipses.


What causes eclipses of the moon?

Well, an eclipse is when the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon, and that's when an eclipse happens. So that's basically what happens to cause the eclipses of the moon.


What are the effects of the movement of earth?

The effects are the moon phases, eclipses, and the high tide and low tide.


How does the moon cause both types of eclipses?

An eclipse happens when the Sun, the Moon and the Earth line up almost exactly. When the shadow of the Moon falls on the Earth, this is a solar eclipse. When the shadow of the Earth falls on the Moon, this is a lunar eclipse. On average, there are two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses each year. About half of these are partial eclipses, in which the Sun, Moon and Earth don't QUITE line up exactly.


How are a lunar eclipse and a new moon alike?

Te moon eclipses the sun and the earth eclipses the moon


How are solar eclipses alike from lunar eclipses?

All eclipses are shadows. A solar eclipse is the Moon's shadow on the Earth. A lunar eclipse is the Earth's shadow on the Moon.


What cause a lunar eclipses?

A lunar eclipse happens when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth. This puts the Moon into the Earth's shadow cast by the Sun.


Do solar eclipses occur at full or new moon?

New moon (the Earth goes into the shadow of the Moon) Lunar eclipses occur at full moon (the Moon goes into the Earth's shadow)


Which objects motion causes eclipses of the sun?

The solar eclipse occurs when the moon is in between the sun and earth . So because the sun is the center of the solar system and is not supposed to move in it the earth and moon's movement causes the eclipse


Are all parts of the earth affected by eclipses?

Solar eclipses are visible only for a small portion of the Earth's surface where the moon covers the sun. Lunar eclipses in which the Earth's shadow covers the moon are visible for long distances but it's the color of the moon effected by those not the Earth.


How are moon phases associated with solar and lunar eclipses?

Moon phases and lunar eclipses both deal with the earth. They are deal with both the sun and the earth.