The darkness of the new moon is caused by a sort of eclipse, but not an eclipse of something between the sun and the Earth. During a new moon, the Earth is positioned between the moon and the sun, thus shadowing the moon.
-- Take a tennis ball and a flashlight into a room at night.
-- Close the door and turn off the lights.
-- Turn on the flashlight and point it at the tennis ball.
-- Notice how 1/2 of the ball is light, and 1/2 of the ball is dark.
-- Watch the lighted 1/2 of the ball, while you pass your hand in front of the flashlight.
-- Notice how the ball turns dark when the shadow of your hand falls on it.
-- Notice how the ball becomes light again when the shadow of your hand goes away.
yes.. the shadow is what simulates the moon geting dark.
The Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, so the sunlight is stopped from shining on the Moon, so it looks dark because it produces no light of its own.
Yes, exactly.
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There is no similarities between them...a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the shadow of the earth..you see the dark side of the moon during a new moon.
During a lunar eclipse, a full moon passes through the earth's shadow.
a lunar eclipse only happens when the moon is completly full
During a lunar eclipse, Earth blocks light from reaching the moon.
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.
There is no similarities between them...a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the shadow of the earth..you see the dark side of the moon during a new moon.
Copernicus predicted that the moon looked smaller
A lunar eclipse happens during a full moon
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Orange moon occurs during a lunar eclipse. When a lunar eclipse occurs sun travels through the moon and the earth, the light reflected turns the moon into a colour like Dark orange or red.
During a lunar eclipse, the moon is "full". During a solar eclipse the moon is "new".
The Earth casts a shadow on the Moon during a Lunar Eclipse, this can only happen during a Full Moon.
During a lunar eclipse, a full moon passes through the earth's shadow.
A lunar eclipse can only occur at the time of Full Moon.
The only moon phase that occurs during a lunar eclipse, is a Full Moon.
a lunar eclipse only happens when the moon is completly full
partial lunar eclipse.