No. A solar eclipse happens when the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, and what we can an eclipse is the Moon's shadow hitting the Earth.
Solar 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.
A Solar Eclipse is a blocking of sun light reaching the Earth. The Blockage is caused by the Moon coming directly between the Sun and the Earth. The Words' Solar ; of the Sun (Latin) Eclipse ; Obscuring (Classical Greek).
No, when the moon's shadow falls on the earth, this is a solar eclipse. When the earth's shadow falls on the moon, it is a lunar eclipse.
During a solar eclipse, the Moon is directly in between the Sun and the Earth; a solar eclipse is the Moon's shadow falling on the Earth.
Solar eclipse--Sun, moon, Earth Lunar eclipse-- Sun, Earth, moon
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.
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
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.
You can draw a diagram with the Sun at one side, the Moon in the middle and the Earth on the other side. A shadow falls on the Earth and anyone on that part of the Earth sees a solar eclipse. Obviously the Moon is not that big, so when there is an eclipse on one part of the Earth, other people in many different places don't see one.
It is as your question states, partial solar eclipse - the moon only blocks the sun off from earth partially. Total solar eclipse - the moon completely blocks the sun off from earth.
An eclipse is a shadow. A solar eclipse is the Moon's shadow on the Earth, and a Lunar eclipse is the Earth's shadow on the Moon.