What are Solar and Lunar Eclipses?

Answer 1

An eclipse is when one object in space prevents light from the star reaching another object. In the case of a solar eclipse, the moon aligns between Earth and the sun, blocking the sun's light from reaching earth. During a lunar eclipse, the opposite occurs: Earth aligns between the moon and the sun, and prevents light from reaching it (where otherwise a full moon would have happened, the moon is actually completely darkened).

Partial eclipses occur when the objects are not quite aligned right, so only half (or any fraction except all or none) of the sun's light is blocked off.

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A solar eclipse is were the moon passes in between the sun and earth. The moon blocks some or all of the sun light making the moon look like it has a halo around it.

A lunar eclipse is when the earth comes between the sun and moon. this then cause a shadow of the earth onto the moon. this can only happen at the time of a full moon and when the sun,earth and the moon are all lined up together.
A solar eclipse is caused when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun. The shadow can be partial or total. Because the much-smaller Moon is close to the Earth, it can appear the same size as the Sun. The three types of solar eclipse are partial, total, and annular, this being where the Moon appears slightly smaller and does not cover the entire disk.

A lunar eclipse is when the Earth's shadow passes over a full moon, darkening its surface. The Moon is immediately "behind" the Earth in its orbit. Lunar eclipses can be partial or total.

The alignment of Sun, Earth, and Moon happens 2 to 5 times a year for solar eclipses, but total eclipses occur about once every 18 months, and affect only a small area on the Earth's surface. Lunar eclipses happen every 6 months, but total eclipses (the whole Moon darkened) normally occur in cycles of three, followed by three partial lunar eclipses.

*When total solar eclipses occur, they are preceded or followed by a lunar eclipse, separated by a period of about 14-15 days. This is because the Moon is orbiting directly on the Earth-Sun plane at the time.
Lunar: The earth interrupts light shining on the moon Solar: The moon interrupts light from the sun
A lunar eclipse is when the Moon passes into the Earth's umbra, or total shadow. This can only happen at a full Moon when the Sun, Earth and the Moon are exactly in line.

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moonpasses between the Sun and the Earth, and the Moon fully or partially covers the Sun as viewed from some location on Earth.
Well a solar eclipses is when the moon covers the sun.

A lunar eclipse is when the earths shadow is on the moon and we cant see it!
A lunar eclipse is when the earth comes between sun and moon. Solar eclipse is when the moon comes between sun and earth..
A lunar eclipse is when the Sun, Moon and Earth align and the earth casts a shadow on the moon, while a solar eclipse is when the Moon is in front of the Earth and the sun is shining on the moon putting a crescent-like shape on the Earth until they are completely aligned.
There is two types of eclipse.

One is where the Moon gets in between the Sun and the Earth, and blocks out some of the sunlight reaching the Earth. A shadow is cast on the Earth.

This is called an eclipse of the Sun, otherwise known as a Solar Eclipse.

The other is where the Earth gets in between the Sun and the Moon. When the Moon moves into the shadow of the Earth, we call it an eclipse of the Moon. This is also known as a Lunar Eclipse.

Answer 2

Lunar eclipse- when the earth lines up between the sun and moon and the moon turns a brownish color because the earth's shadow covers the moon.

Solar eclipse- when the moon lines up between the earth and sun and blocks out the view of the sun from th earth. Although the sun is approximately 400 times bigger than the moon the moon is about 400 times closer to the earth than the sun so they appear to be the same size. When the shadow of the moon falls on the earth, those in the umbra, the most central and darkest part of the shadow, have their view of the sun completely blocked and can only see the outer gases of the corona surrouning the moon. Those in the outer part of the shadow, the penumbra, can see a part of the moon and view a partial eclipse.

Answer 3

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking it or a portion of it from view.. A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the sun and the moon, causing it to be partly or completely covered by Earth's shadow.

Answer 4

A solar Eclipse is when the sun turns red. A Lunar eclipse when the moon turns blue.

WRONG WRONG WRONG! Sorry Beach but your answer is way off. A solar eclipse does not need to be capitalized and it happens when the moon gets in between the earth and sun and I mean EXACTLY in between them. Then we can't see the sun and we only see the moon. If you only see the corona of the sun, then it is a total eclipse. If we can only see the corona and a little of the sun, then it is a annular. If the moon is covering part of the sun but you can still see a lot of the sun, it is a partial. And lastly, if it starts out as an annular and changes to a total as it moves, it is a hybrid.

A lunar eclipse, well, I have no idea what it is.

Answer 5

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking sunlight. A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon, causing Earth's shadow to fall on the moon.

Answer 6

sun covers the moon in a solar eclipse and moon covers the sun in a lunar eclipse