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A Solar eclipse is when the moon moves between the earth and the sun, blocking out the sun for a brief period of time.
A Lunar eclipse is when the earth moves between the sun and the moon, causing the moon to "disappear" for a brief period of time.
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Why is there a solar eclipse and lunar eclipse?
There is a solar eclipse when the moon blocks the sun from the Earth. A lunar eclipse is when the earth block the sun from the moon.
What type of eclipse is it when the earth is between the sun and moon?
lunar eclipse. lunar = moon, solar=sun. lunar eclipse= moon eclipsed
What the line up during a solar and a lunar eclipse?
Solar eclipse--Sun, moon, Earth Lunar eclipse-- Sun, Earth, moon
The moon casts a shadow on Earth during a?
An eclipse. When the Earth is in the Moon's shadow, it's a solar eclipse; when the Moon is in the Earth's shadow, it's a lunar eclipse.
What about lunar eclipse?
There are two types of eclipse : Lunar eclipse (moon), Solar eclipse (sun) . Lunar eclipse is a situation, when the earth comes between sun and moon.
What happens after the eclipse finishes?
Depending on whether it is a Lunar (moon) or Solar (sun) eclipse, the sun or moon becomes fully visible and out of the shadow of the earth (lunar eclipse) or moon (solar eclipse)
What is the differences between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
a solar eclipse is where the earth blocks the sunlight to the moon (sun--earth--moon) a lunar eclipse is where the moon blocks the sunlight to the earth (sun--moon--earth)
How is solar eclipse different than lunar eclipse?
solar eclipse is when the moon comes between the sun and the earth but in a lunar eclipse the earth comes between the sun and the moon
What the moon control the solar or lunar eclipse?
When the moon is in earth's shadow, a lunar eclipse occurs. When the earth is in the moon's shadow, a solar eclipse occurs. The moon has no 'control' over either of these events.
What is the differene between a solar and lunar eclipses?
A solar eclipse is when the sun covers the moon. A lunar eclipse is when the moon covers the sun. TRC
What makes a lunar and solar eclipse?
The moon and the solar system. When the moons blocks the sun from an Earth view, it is a solar eclipse. When the sun blocks the moon from an Earth view, it is a lunar eclipse.
Why is the sun eclipse called solar eclipse?
"Solar" is an adjective that describes something as pertaining to the sun.Thus a solar eclipse describes an eclipse of the sun (contrast a lunar eclipse, which is an eclipse of the moon--"lunar" describes something as pertaining to the moon).
