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With the sun in front of the earth, the earth's shadow is out behind it.

A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is behind the earth, and passes through earth's shadow.

The moon is behind the earth ... in the neighborhood of the earth's shadow ... ONLY at the time of Full Moon.

During the crescent and "half moon" phases, the moon is off to the side, far from the earth's shadow.

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