Any degree of solar eclipse, whether total, partial, or annular,
can only occur within a few hours of the instant of New Moon.
why is there so many different answers to this simple question
new moon because the order of the bodies would be sun moon then the earth, so the sunlight would be on the far side of the moon which is not visible on the earth
The Moon's phase is New Moon.
It is a new Moon. For a solar eclipse, the moon has to be between Earth and the Sun. We get a total lunar eclipse when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon. The Moon would have to be full for it to be eclipsed.
A solar eclipse can only occur at the time of New Moon ... if it occurs at all.
A solar eclipse can only occur at the time of New Moon.
A lunar eclipse is possible only at the time of Full Moon. A solar eclipse is possible only at the time of new Moon.
This can only happen at new moon.
Any degree of solar eclipse can only occur within a few hours of the instant of New Moon.
The Moon's phase is New Moon.
It is a new Moon. For a solar eclipse, the moon has to be between Earth and the Sun. We get a total lunar eclipse when Earth is between the Sun and the Moon. The Moon would have to be full for it to be eclipsed.
A solar eclipse can only occur at the time of New Moon.
A solar eclipse can only occur at the time of New Moon.
A solar eclipse can only occur at the time of New Moon.
A solar eclipse can only occur at a time of a new moon.
which moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?
A solar eclipse can only occur at the time of New Moon ... if it occurs at all.
Solar eclipse (total or otherwise): at new moon. Lunar eclipse (total or otherwise): at full moon. -- Immediately after a Solar eclipse you get a new crescent moon appearing in the sky. Obviously therefore the eclipse happens at the point when the side of the moon that faces us is in total shadow - indeed during the eclipse we are covered by that shadow. -- Immediately after a lunar eclipse, as soon as the moon moves out of the shadow, it is full.
In a new moon