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Q: What is an eclipse called when the moon blocks the sun's light?
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When the earth blocks the light of the sun on the moon what is it called?

Eclipse of the moon.


What a it called when the moon black the view of the sun?

block* When the moon blocks the sun's light, it is called a solar eclipse.


What is the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclispe?

A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sun's light from Earth. A Lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the sun's light from the moon.


What is the difference between the solar eclisps and lunar eclisps?

A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sun's light from Earth. A Lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the sun's light from the moon.


When the moon blocks the sun's light to the earth it is?

solar eclipse


When th moon blocks out the sun it is called a?

It is called an eclipse.


When the moon blocks out the sun what is it called?

Solar Eclipse


When the moon is directly between the earth and sun it is called?

a solar eclipse. During a solar eclipse, the moon blocks the light from the sun and casts a shadow on Earth, temporarily darkening the sky.


What event is called when the Moon blocks some of the Sun's light from hitting a portion of the earth?

its call a lunar eclipse.


How is light blocked during a lunar eclipse?

During a lunar eclipse, Earth blocks light from reaching the moon.


What is it called when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the earth?

a Lunar Eclipse


What is the process of one body in space blocking light from another one?

When the moon blocks the sun's light, or the Earth blocks the light from the sun that strikes the moon, it's called an eclipse. For an arbitrary body passing in front of another one, the term astronomers usually use is "occultation".