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Understanding Solar Eclipses Explained

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, fully or partially blocking the Sun's light. The Moon must be exactly aligned with the Earth and Sun for an eclipse to take place. There are three types of solar eclipses - partial, annular, and total. A partial eclipse occurs when only part of the Sun is covered. An annular eclipse leaves the edges of the Sun uncovered, producing a ring effect. A total eclipse blocks all of the Sun's light.

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Understanding Solar Eclipses Explained

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, fully or partially blocking the Sun's light. The Moon must be exactly aligned with the Earth and Sun for an eclipse to take place. There are three types of solar eclipses - partial, annular, and total. A partial eclipse occurs when only part of the Sun is covered. An annular eclipse leaves the edges of the Sun uncovered, producing a ring effect. A total eclipse blocks all of the Sun's light.

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HOW DOES A SOLAR ECLIPSE HAPPEN?

A total solar eclipse is a rare phenomenon with


stunning visual effects. Many people are so eager
to see this phenomenon when it happens since it
can be considered as an extraordinary
phenomenon. But, How does a solar eclipse
happen?
 The Moon orbits the earth once a month, and
eclipses happen if it lines up exactly with the
earth and the sun.
 What is the difference between solar eclipse and
lunar eclipse ?
 The difference between solar eclipse and lunar eclipse is that solar
eclipses occur at new moon, when the moon is between earth and the
sun, but lunar eclipses occur at Full Moon, when Earth is between the
Sun and the Moon.

Solar eclipse

Lunar eclipse
 To get a solar eclipse, the moon must be exactly in the right size
and distance to block the sun. Eclipse does not appear every
month because the orbits of the Moon and Earth are sometimes
inclined at an angle. Next, the sun, moon, and Earth need to line
up in a straight line, with the moon between the sun and Earth.
Finally, to see the full eclipse, we need to be standing in the
correct spot on Earth because not all of the sun shine is covered by
the moon since its size is 400 times bigger than the diameter of
the moon even though it’s also 400 times farther away from us
than the moon.
 Their different sizes and distances from the earth make the sun
and the moon appear the same size and when the moon is exactly
in front of the sun, it seems covering the entire disc of the sun.
Therefore, for some areas which are located exactly under those
two things will be dark because the sun light is blocked by the
moon. When moon passes in front of the sun at the day time, it
begins to cast a partial shadow (called the penumbra) onto Earth.
At the height of the eclipse, the sun’s light is entirely blocked, and
the moon casts a full shadow called the umbra.
TYPES OF SOLAR ECLIPSE
 There are 3 types of solar eclipse :
1. Partial eclipse
2. Annular eclipse
3. Total eclipse
PARTIAL ECLIPSES
 A partial solar eclipse occurs when only part of the
Sun is covered by the Moon which appears to take a
“bite” out of the Sun. This is the general appearance of
a partial eclipse.
 Partial eclipses occur when the umbral shadow of the
Moon misses the Earth and only its penumbral shadow
falls on the Earth’s surface.
ANNULAR ECLIPSES
 An annular eclipse occurs when the Sun’s center is
covered by the moon , leaving its edges left uncovered,
producing a ring (or annulus) of the Sun around its
edges.
 Annular eclipses occur when the moon appears smaller
than the Sun.
TOTAL ECLIPSES
 A total solar eclipse takes place when the Sun becomes
completely covered by the moon.

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