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I think: During an eclipse the light that is illuminating the moon comes from the sun, but has to diffract round the earth to get there. To do this it has to pass through the earths atmosphere where all sorts of dust particles get in the way. Blue light is scattered down to the earth and out into space, but the red light cause it has a longer wavelength diffracts round these and carries on towards the moon. In the same way light from a low sun eg sunset or sunrise has to pass through a lot of atmosphere to get to us and looks red.
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What is solar eclipsed?
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and the Earth, and the shadow of the Moon hits the Earth.
What is the effect when the solar eclipse and lunar eclipse comes between the earth and sun or between the moon and the sun?
Here are a few statements that I believe will answer your questions: -- Eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are almost perfectly in line. -- When the Earth is the one in the 'middle', the Moon is eclipsed, because it is then in the Earth's shadow. -- When the Moon is the one in the 'middle', the Sun is eclipsed for people in certain locations, because they are briefly in the Moon's shadow.
What type of eclipse is it when the earth is between the sun and moon?
lunar eclipse. lunar = moon, solar=sun. lunar eclipse= moon eclipsed
When the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth it is what kind of eclipse?
When the earth's shadow falls on the moon it is a lunar eclipse.
How much of the earth is always lit by the sun?
Half of the moon is always lit by the sun, unless the sun is eclipsed by the Earth. The portion of the illuminated moon viewed from Earth depends on the moon's orbit. As the moon orbits, different portions of shadow and illumination are seen from Earth, creating the moon's phases.
When does the moon move right beween the earth and the sun?
As "Pink Floyd" said " when the sun is eclipsed by the moon." Your viewing position has to be right to see it happen.
What occurs when a shadow makes the sun or the moon seem to grow dark?
That's an 'eclipse' . In the case where the sun is eclipsed, the sun doesn't 'seem to grow dark', but our view of it is temporarily blocked by the moon. In the case where the moon is eclipsed, the moon really does grow dark, because the earth blocks the light of the sun from reaching it.
How much of the moon is always lit?
About half of the moon is always lit by the sun. This is because only one half of the moon is visible from Earth at any given time. The amount of light that can be seen from Earth reflects different phases of the moon as it orbits.
Does a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon travels through the shadow of earth true or false?
Yes. The Earth's shadow "eclipses" the Moon. You can still see the Moon in the shadow, but it's redder and darker. Incidentally, only Full Moons can be eclipsed.
How are solar eclipsed formed?
Solar eclipse are formed when Sun, Moon and Earth come in a straight line and the moon blocks the sun light and forms a Shadow on earth. It only happens once or twice a year.
What eclipsed mean?
1) the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse). 2) any obscuration of light.
What is an eclipse and how does it happens?
An eclipse is a blocking; something is "eclipsed" meaning that our view of it is blocked. In astronomical terms, an "eclipse" is when the Sun's light is blocked, and a shadow falls on another object. In a solar eclipse, the Moon does the blocking, and the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth; the Sun is "eclipsed", and the Sun's light is blocked. In a lunar eclipse, the Earth does the blocking, and the Earth's shadow darkens the Moon. Because the Earth is so much larger than the Moon, the shadow of the Earth can completely darken the Moon when the Moon's orbit passes through the shadow of the Earth. There are generally two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses each year.
