This can only happen at new moon.
New moon.
This can only happen at new moon.
A total lunar eclipse can occur during a full moon phase. During this phenomenon, the Earth is positioned directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon and creating the eclipse.
The moon will be in its first quarter phase a week from tonight after the new moon phase.
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.
During a solar eclipse, the moon phase is a new moon. This is when the moon is positioned directly between the Earth and the Sun, casting a shadow on Earth and causing an eclipse.
A Lunar eclipse occurs only when the moon is in its full moon phase.
Then the total phase of the eclipse would last longer. Also, it is more likely that there is a total phase at all.
Any degree of solar eclipse can only occur within a few hours of the instant of New Moon.
During a solar eclipse, the moon must be in the new moon phase.
This is a lunar eclipse, not an eclipse of the Sun. In this case the answer is the Full Moon.
The correct order during a lunar eclipse is penumbral phase, partial phase, and then total phase. During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the Moon.