when the moon covers the sun.
Although they occur in almost identical numbers, you're more likely to see a lunar eclipsewhen it does happen. Everybody on the night side of the earth, in any place where thefull moon is visible, sees the effects of the lunar eclipse, whereas the effects of a solareclipse are visible only in a relatively narrow band on the earth.
January 30th On January 30th there was a FULL LUNAR ECLIPSE
The last total lunar eclipse was on December 20, 2010. There are also a number of partial and penumbral eclipses between these dates.Before this there was a total lunar eclipse on February 20, 2008.If you would like to see a list of all recent past and future lunar eclipses, follow the Related Link below.
a solar eclipse only happens at day and blocks the sun only the outer part of the sun is shown. a lunar eclipse only happens at night and the sun does not light the moon so the it isn't seen at night
Just as stars cannot be seen in the daytime, the corona cannot be seen except when the moon hides the brilliant disk of the sun. Or during a total eclipse. which in other words the corana of the sun can be seen during a Total solareclipse.
Although they occur in almost identical numbers, you're more likely to see a lunar eclipsewhen it does happen. Everybody on the night side of the earth, in any place where thefull moon is visible, sees the effects of the lunar eclipse, whereas the effects of a solareclipse are visible only in a relatively narrow band on the earth.
January 30th On January 30th there was a FULL LUNAR ECLIPSE
The last total lunar eclipse was on December 20, 2010. There are also a number of partial and penumbral eclipses between these dates.Before this there was a total lunar eclipse on February 20, 2008.If you would like to see a list of all recent past and future lunar eclipses, follow the Related Link below.
Spring tides, which are higher than normal, occur when the Sun, Moon and Earth are lined up close to being in a straight line. This is also when you see full moons and new moons. When the Moon is at the first or third quarters (when the Moon is half-way lit up), we have "neap" tides which are lower than average.