Where is the moon located in relation to the sun and Earth during a solar eclipse?

Answer 1

The moon orbits the earth at an average distance of 226,000 miles, while the earth orbits the sun at a distance of around 93,000,000 miles.

Answer 2

The Moon is between Earth and Sun in this case.

The Moon is between Earth and Sun in this case.

The Moon is between Earth and Sun in this case.

The Moon is between Earth and Sun in this case.

Answer 3

In any eclipse, the Sun, Earth and Moon are all lined up exactly. When the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, the shadow of the Earth darkens the Moon and we have a lunar eclipse. When the Moon gets between the Sun and the Earth, the shadow of the Moon on the Earth causes a solar eclipse.

Answer 4

In a straight line ; Solar Eclipse is Sun , Moon, Earth.

Lunar Eclipse is Sun, Earth, Moon.

Since the planes of the Earth's orbit about the Sun is angled by about 5 degrees to the plane of the Moon's orbit about the Earth, it means we do not see Solar /Lunar eclipse at every New/Full Moon. It is only when these two planes intersect at appropriate points in their orbital tracks, that we see eclipses.

Astronomers are able to calculate into the future, the dates of eclipses , because these tracks and intersections are predictable.

Answer 5

During a solar eclipse, the moon is located between the sun and Earth. It aligns in a way that it blocks the sunlight from reaching Earth, casting a shadow on the Earth's surface and causing the solar eclipse.

Answer 6

The Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in a straight line, in that order, during a solar eclipse.

Answer 7

All three in a straight line, with the Moon between the Earth and the Sun.

Answer 8

Lunar Eclipse - the earth is located between the sun and the moon

Solar Eclipse - the moon is located between the earth and the sun

Answer 9

The Moon is between Earth and Sun in this case.