First of all, moon phases are because of where the moon is in its orbit. If the moon is like this in the diagram
Key: E = Earth M = Moon s = Sun
M E S
the Sun's light will hit the moon and bounce back to earth to your eyes, being a full moon. However, if the moon is in this position
E M S
the light goes from the sun, hits the moon, bounces off the moon, and either goes back to the sun or goes somewhere near it, being a new moon. Anywhere between these positions makes a different phase. Here is a list of the phases:
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, Half Moon, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Half Moon, Waning Crescent, New Moon.
Second of all, a solar eclipse is kind of like a New Moon, but a little different. The formation is like this
E M S
but they are lined up in the right way that the moon blocks the sun's light (Sometimes it completely blocks the light, other times it makes a golden ring in the sky from the outer edges of the sun not being blocked).
Third of all, a lunar eclipse is the opposite of a solar eclipse. It lines up like this:
M E S
The Sun's light still reaches us, but the shadow of the earth (big shadow, right?) makes it so no light reaches the moon. With no light to reflect, we can't even see it.
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Lunar phases are tightly related to both kinds of eclipse: -- A lunar eclipse can occur only at the time of Full Moon. -- A solar eclipse can occur only at the time of New Moon.
because all the moon phases have to occur before the full moon and the new moon
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.
No, a lunar eclipse is not considered a moon phase. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow on the Moon, while moon phases refer to the different illuminated portions of the Moon as seen from Earth during its orbit.
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Lunar phases are tightly related to both kinds of eclipse: -- A lunar eclipse can occur only at the time of Full Moon. -- A solar eclipse can occur only at the time of New Moon.
because all the moon phases have to occur before the full moon and the new moon
There is a solar eclipse when the moon blocks the sun from the Earth. A lunar eclipse is when the earth block the sun from the moon.
The only moon phase that occurs during a lunar eclipse, is a Full Moon.
lunar eclipse. lunar = moon, solar=sun. lunar eclipse= moon eclipsed
Solar eclipse--Sun, moon, Earth Lunar eclipse-- Sun, Earth, moon
because it shows phases of the moon
There are two types of eclipse : Lunar eclipse (moon), Solar eclipse (sun) . Lunar eclipse is a situation, when the earth comes between sun and moon.
Depending on whether it is a Lunar (moon) or Solar (sun) eclipse, the sun or moon becomes fully visible and out of the shadow of the earth (lunar eclipse) or moon (solar eclipse)
solar eclipse is when the moon comes between the sun and the earth but in a lunar eclipse the earth comes between the sun and the moon
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.
A solar eclipse is when the sun covers the moon. A lunar eclipse is when the moon covers the sun. TRC