It is an eclipse and does not happen very often.
You have a problem. When the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth you have a solar eclipse. When the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon you have a lunar eclipse. When the Sun passes between the Moon and the Earth we're all dead, as the Sun would be 93 million miles too close.
The Sun has never passed between the Earth and the Moon, if it did, the Earth would be disintigrated.
Then we see full moons. If the Earth passes PRECISELY between the Sun and the Moon, then we see a lunar eclipse.
Since the moon's orbit is tilted with respect to the plane of the ecliptic, the earth, moon , and sun are not always in a line when the moon passes between sun and earth.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth, blocking the sun's light. A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, causing Earth's shadow to cover the moon.
Is it an eclipse!
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, blocking the Sun's light and casting a shadow on Earth. A lunar eclipse happens when Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, causing Earth's shadow to fall on the Moon.
When the moon passes between the Sun and Earth there is a new moon. In a special case where the Sun and Moon are aligned there is an eclipse of the Sun (the moon blocking view of the Sun).
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth.
No, a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon. A solar eclipse, on the other hand, happens when the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth, blocking the Sun's light. These events cannot occur simultaneously as they involve different alignments of the Sun, Earth, and Moon.
New Moon.
When earth is directly between the sun and moon, it is a lunar eclipse.when moon is directly between earth and passes across the sun, it is a solar eclipse.