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A solar eclipse is when the sun covers the moon.
A lunar eclipse is when the moon covers the sun. TRC
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What are the kinds of eclipses?
On earth there are 2 eclipses, Lunar and Solar eclipses
Why do solar and lunar clips occur?
Solar eclipses occur when the Moon is in the direct path between the Sun and Earth. Lunar eclipses occur when the Earth is in the direct path between the Sun and the Moon.
What certain alignments of Earth the Moon and the Sun cause?
It can cause lunar eclipses, and solar eclipses.
How are solar eclipses alike from lunar eclipses?
All eclipses are shadows. A solar eclipse is the Moon's shadow on the Earth. A lunar eclipse is the Earth's shadow on the Moon.
What are the eclipses of the sun and moon called?
Solar and lunar eclipses
Why do you observe solar and lunar eclipses?
because of our location on earth so depending on where we are on earth you can see a total or partial solar and lunar eclipses
Why do most people think that lunar eclipses occur more often then a solar eclipses?
Because for any given point on Earth, lunar eclipses are visible more often than solar eclipses.
What are the eclipses of the sun and the moon?
Lunar and Solar
What are the 2 types of eclipses?
solar and lunar.
What are the two main eclipses?
Solar and lunar.
What are the four eclipses of the moon?
Lunar solar
How is a solar eclipse differnent than a lunar eclipse?
There are two kinds of eclipses involve the earth: those of the moon, or lunar eclipses; and those of the sun, or solar eclipses. A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is between the sun and the moon and its shadow darkens the moon while the solar eclipse occurs when the moon is between the sun and the earth and its shadow moves across the face of the earth.
