a Lunar Eclipse
a Lunar Eclipse
No. Earth's shadow blocks sunlight reaching the Moon.
It is called an eclipse when Earth blocks the sun's rays from reaching it.
a Lunar Eclipse
The moon is only big enough to block sunlight from a small spot on the Earth ... never more than about 170 miles across. On the rare occasion when that happens, the event is called a "solar eclipse".An eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth. The same is true when the opposite occurs.
When the Earth comes between the sun and moon, it blocks a lot of sunlight from reaching a moon and creates a shadow. This is called an lunar eclipse.
The moon is only big enough to block sunlight from a small spot on the Earth ... never more than about 170 miles across. On the rare occasion when that happens, the event is called a "solar eclipse".An eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth. The same is true when the opposite occurs.
Cloud cover blocks incoming solar radiation from reaching the earth's surface
Your correspondent 'Wiki User 10 yrs ago'. is incorrect. No one is 'Stupid' , when they don't know. Stupidity comes about , when the persons knows, but does not use the information correctly. To answer the question. When the sunlight is blocked from reaching the Moon, it is a LUNAR eclipse. A Solar Eclipse is when the Moon blocks the sunlight from reaching the Earth.
The Earth. In a lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow blocks sunlight from hitting the Moon.
The eclipse in which the moon blocks sunlight from reaching Earth is called a solar eclipse. This occurs when the moon moves directly between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on Earth and temporarily obscuring the sun's light. During a total solar eclipse, the sun is completely covered, while in a partial solar eclipse, only a portion of the sun is obscured.
When the moon blocks the Sun's light from reaching Earth, and also when our planet Earth blocks the Sun's light from reaching the moon.