When the moon is positioned between the Earth and the sun.
New moon.
A lunar eclipse can occur only during a full moon phase, when the Earth is positioned directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the Moon.
A solar eclipse can only occur at the time of New Moon ... if it occurs at all.
A solar eclipse only can occur at the time of the New Moon,but doesn't occur at the large majority of them.
It has to be in new moon.
The New Moon always occurs very close to the moon's "new moon" phase.
The phase of the Moon becoming a NEW MOON.. It is celebrated at night.
In a new moon
New Moon
New moon.
A solar eclipse can only occur at a time of a new moon.
Those are the only times when eclipses can occur.
A lunar eclipse can occur only during a full moon phase, when the Earth is positioned directly between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the Moon.
The moon phase that occurs just before the new moon is a waning crescent.
A solar eclipse can only occur at the time of New Moon ... if it occurs at all.
An eclipse of the sun can only occur during a new moon phase when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, casting a shadow on the Earth. This alignment allows the moon to partially or fully block the sun's light, creating a solar eclipse.
A few days after the new moon phase, the Moon willbe visible again in a phase called The waxing gibbous moon.