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When the earth is between the sun and the moon when is the moon up?
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When the Earth is directly between the Sun and Moon, its shadow falls on the moon, causing a Lunar Eclipse.
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What is the order of the earth moon and sun when the moon is a full moon?
The sun is in the center of our solar system, then come the planets Mercury, Venus and then Earth. Since the moon circles the Earth sometimes the moon is between the sun and the Earth and sometimes the Earth is between the sun and the moon.
Why do you have eclipses?
Earth, Moon and Sun line up and it looks like the Moon is covering the Sun.That's a solar eclipse.A lunar eclipse is when they line up with Earth in the middle and the shadow of the Earth is on the Moon.
Where is the moon located in relation to the sun and Earth during a solar eclipse?
The moon orbits the earth at an average distance of 226,000 miles, while the earth orbits the sun at a distance of around 93,000,000 miles.
When the moon shadow hits earth or earth shadow hits the moon what occurs?
An eclipse occurs. When the moon lines up between the Earth and the sun, it casts a shadow onto the Earth's surface, causing a solar eclipse. When the Earth lines up between the moon and the sun, it casts a shadow onto the moon, causing a lunar eclipse.
What causes solar eclipse?
a solar eclipse, which occurs when the new Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth
What is the alignment of the earth moon and sun during a solar eclipse?
During a solar eclipse, the moon is lined up directly in between the Sun and the Earth, blocking out the sun's light.
What is lunareclipse?
This is where the earth and moon line up so that the earth falls directly between the sun and moon. The sun's light is blocked from hitting the moon making the moon vanish from sight temporarily.
What are the relative position of the sun the moon and earth during a full moon?
When the moon is full, the full of the face of the moon that is facing earth is lit by the sun. The only way this can happen is if the earth is between the sun and the moon. We need the sun "behind us" to allow the sun to light up all of the moon's face so it can appear full.
When Earth is in between the Sun and the Moon is the moon up all day?
No, when the Earth is in the middle it's Full Moon and the Moon is up from sunset to sunrise.
Can you describe a solar eclipse?
Any time the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth line up with the moon between the Sun and Earth there is a solar eclipse. (if the Earth is in the middle then you get a lunar eclipse.) Note that because of the difference in the sizes of the objects, the location of a total solar eclipse is relatively small.
Where is the moon during a full moon?
During a full moon, the moon is on the far side of the earth, away from the sun. In other words, the earth is between the sun and the moon. That means that the sun is behind us, shining on the part of the moon facing us. Therefore, we see the fully lighted side of the moon, which we call a full moon.
Were is the moon in relation to the sun and earth during a lunar eclipse?
In a lunar eclipse, the Sun, Earth and Moon are lined up so precisely that the Moon is in the Earth's shadow. Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earth - Moon
