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Why do people see a total solar eclipse more often than a total lunar eclipse?
It's the other way around; more people can see a total lunar eclipse than a total solar eclipse. The reason is that a lunar eclipse happens on the Moon; it is visible from half of the Earth's surface. A solar eclipse occurs along a narrow track across the Earth, and 75% of the Earth's surface is oceans.
What kind of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sunlight from earth?
The moon is never "blocked out". It's not even clear what that might look like, or what it means. -- During a solar eclipse, the moon gets in the way, so that you can't see the sun for a few minutes. -- During a lunar eclipse, the Earth gets in the way, so that the sun can't shine on the moon and light it up for a few hours.
When does a solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the Earth and the Sun in such a way that the moon blocks light traveling to the Earth. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#2008-2011 for a list of recent and upcoming solar eclipses.
When does a solar eclipse form?
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the Earth and the Sun in such a way that the moon blocks light traveling to the Earth. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse#2008-2011 for a list of recent and upcoming solar eclipses.
When there is a solar eclipse is the entire globe plunged into darkness?
Definitely not!! When we see a solar eclipse, the sun hasn't changed in any way. The dark shadow we see moving over the sun is the moon passing between the earth and the sun. Since the moon is 1/6 the size of the earth and the sun is 100 times larger than the earth there is no way to completely block the suns light from reaching the earth via the moon. Due to this size difference, in different parts of the world, we would see different things during a solar eclipse. A solar eclipse of the northern hemisphere would be but a partial if not a non existent eclipse in parts of the southern hemisphere.
When there is a solar eclipse is the moon cold?
At the time of a solar eclipse, nothing on the moon's surface has changed from the way it always is at the time of a 'New Moon'.
Is it safe to see the solar eclipse in the reflection of water?
It is not safe to directly view a solar eclipse in the reflection of water as it does not reduce the intensity of the sunlight or UV rays. The safest way to view a solar eclipse is through solar viewing glasses or indirect viewing methods like a pinhole projector.
What is the easiest way to view a solar eclipse?
Build an indirect eclipse viewer by following the instructions at the link below.
When does a partial eclipse occur?
When the sun almost lines up with the moon, but not all the way and shows a partial solar eclipse.
Why is the suns corona viable during total solar eclipse?
it looks that way but its not
What is one way that a lunar exlipse and a solar eclipse are different?
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon, while a solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, blocking the Sun's light. This results in different visual phenomena, with a lunar eclipse displaying a reddish glow on the Moon and a solar eclipse causing a temporary decrease in daylight as the Sun is partially or fully obscured.
When a person on the earth is absorbing a lunar eclipse of the moon an astronaut on the moon facing the earth will absorb an eclipse of?
a solar eclipse of the sun. The two absorptions are complementary in that way.
