A solar eclipse is when the Moon covers the disk of the Sun - hence everything becomes dark, like a night. In the same way that you wouldn't do anything with a knife in the dark normally, you wouldn't want to risk cutting yourself during the time that the solar eclipse is taking place - you won't be able to see to fix it for about four minutes, after all.
I think the questioner is implying that holding a knife during a solar eclipse is a superstition in some cultures. Also, even during a total solar eclipse it never gets as dark as the middle of the night; there is still plenty of diffused light from the corona. It feels and looks like a few minutes after sunset.
During a solar eclipse, the shadow of the MOON falls on the EARTH.
If you can see the solar eclipse, then you are in the Moon's shadow.
-- A dragon is eating the sun. -- There's something special and different about the sun's rays during a solar eclipse that's especially dangerous for your eyes, and that's the reason that you should not look at the sun during the eclipse.
A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks out the sun.
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During a Solar Eclipse a pregnant woman should do nothing different to anybody else.
It would during a solar eclipse, but probably not during a lunar eclipse.
The sun is hidden during a solar eclipse
During a solar eclipse, the shadow of the MOON falls on the EARTH.
If you can see the solar eclipse, then you are in the Moon's shadow.
During a solar eclipse, the Moon is directly in between the Sun and the Earth; a solar eclipse is the Moon's shadow falling on the Earth.
-- A dragon is eating the sun. -- There's something special and different about the sun's rays during a solar eclipse that's especially dangerous for your eyes, and that's the reason that you should not look at the sun during the eclipse.
The white halo that can be seen during the Solar Eclipse is the Sun's Corona.
During a lunar eclipse, the moon is "full". During a solar eclipse the moon is "new".
We see solar eclipses only during New Moon, but not every New Moon is accompanied by a solar eclipse.
Sometimes, during a total solar eclipse, the corona of sun is visible to our eyes.
It should be obvious after considering for a moment the moon's orbit around the earth that a solar eclipse can only happen during a new moon.