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No. That's the description of a solar eclipse.

A lunar one occurs when the Earth's shadow falls on the moon.

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What occurs when the moons shadow falls on the earth surface?

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What is an shadow in relationship to an eclipse?

When the Earth's shadow hits the Moon that is an eclipse of the Moon. When the Moons shadow hits the earth that is an eclipse of the Sun.


Is earth in the moons shadow?

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What do you call the phenomenon that occurs when the full moon moves into the earth's shadow and is blacked out?

solar eclipse lunar eclipse solar is when the moons shadow blocks out the sun


Is a lunar eclipse the shadow of the earth?

Yes. A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth's shadow falls on the moon.


A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through Earth's what?

A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through Earth's shadow.


What is it called when the moons shadow hits earth or earths shadows hit the moon?

It is called a solar eclipse when the Moon's shadow hits Earth, and a lunar eclipse when Earth's shadow hits the Moon.


What is a eclipse of the moons?

The word "eclipse" means "in the shadows". In an eclipse of the sun, sun, moon and earth are all lined up, so that the moon's shadow falls on the Earth. In an eclipse of the moon, it is the shadow of the Earth that falls on the Moon.


What do you call the occurrence where the earth and moon pass within the shadow of the each other?

When the moon is within the shadow of the Earth, a lunar eclipse occurs. When the shadow of the moon falls on the Earth's surface, a solar eclipse occurs.


What the moon control the solar or lunar eclipse?

When the moon is in earth's shadow, a lunar eclipse occurs. When the earth is in the moon's shadow, a solar eclipse occurs. The moon has no 'control' over either of these events.


What occurs when the Earth's Shadow Falls on the surface?

eclipse


Why does a lunar eclipse occur when there is a full moon and a solar eclipse occur when there is a new moon?

A lunar eclipse occurs during a full moon when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon. In contrast, a solar eclipse occurs during a new moon when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the Sun's light from reaching Earth.