It's like you are there sunbathing on the beach, and then someone comes along and stands beside you so you are in the shade. When the Moon does that to us it's a Solar eclipse (i.e. it's the Sun that gets eclipsed from our point of view).
People who are in the path of the eclipse.
Lunar
The next solar eclipse in the UK area is on March 20, 2015. It will be a total solar eclipse, lasting around 2.5 minutes. However, you will only be able to view the eclipse from Faroes.However, the next solar eclipse in the actual UK is on September 23, 2090. Also a total solar eclipse, you can view best from the south-west of Cornwall.
The next solar eclipse visible in Pennsylvania will be a partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022. The eclipse will not be total in PA, but observers will be able to see a portion of the sun covered by the moon.
At the new moon.
December 14, 2001 there was a partial solar eclipse that may have been able to have been observed at sundown in GA.
The next solar eclipse in Indiana is in Aug. 21, 2017. In Michigan you will see one in 2024.
December 14, 2001 there was a partial solar eclipse that may have been able to have been observed at sundown in GA.
A solar eclipse is when the Moon covers the disk of the Sun - hence everything becomes dark, like a night. In the same way that you wouldn't do anything with a knife in the dark normally, you wouldn't want to risk cutting yourself during the time that the solar eclipse is taking place - you won't be able to see to fix it for about four minutes, after all. I think the questioner is implying that holding a knife during a solar eclipse is a superstition in some cultures. Also, even during a total solar eclipse it never gets as dark as the middle of the night; there is still plenty of diffused light from the corona. It feels and looks like a few minutes after sunset.
after ten years i reckon and it will be on night
The next really good total solar eclipse will be visible in the United States from Oregon to South Carolina on August 21, 2017.
You will be able to see the eclipse from Lebanon, MO, but it will not quite be a total eclipse. You will need eye protection to watch it safely.