Eclipse Types: Solar and Lunar

What is the position of the Earth during a lunar eclipse?

What is the phase of the Moon during a lunar eclipse?

What is responsible for the Moon's reddish color during a total lunar eclipse?

What type of lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth's partial shadow?

What is the name given to the Moon during a total lunar eclipse?

Why did ancient cultures fear the appearance of the Moon during a lunar eclipse?

What is the primary condition for an eclipse to occur?

What type of eclipse occurs when the Sun casts a shadow on the Moon?

What is the phase of the Moon during a solar eclipse?

Why does a solar eclipse not occur every month?

What is the term for the area where the Sun is completely blocked by the Moon during a solar eclipse?

What is the type of solar eclipse where the Moon only partially covers the Sun?

What is the name of the phenomenon where the Moon's disk appears ring-like around the Sun during a solar eclipse?

What is the shape of the Moon's orbit around the Earth?

A Solar Eclipse occurs when the Sun casts a shadow of the Moon on Earth.
The Sun is blocked out by the Moon, and cannot be seen from areas on Earth that lie in the Moon’s shadow.
Total Solar Eclipse: The disc of the Moon exactly covers the Sun, blocking its light completely.
Annular Solar Eclipse: The disc of the Moon only partially covers the Sun, occurs when the Moon is slightly further away from the Sun when the eclipse occurs.

A Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Earth lies between the Sun and Moon, so that Earth's shadow darkens the Moon.
The phase of the Moon during a Lunar Eclipse is Full Moon.
Types of Lunar Eclipses:
- Total Lunar Eclipse
- Partial Lunar Eclipse
- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- Partial Penumbral Eclipse
During a Total Lunar Eclipse, the Moon can appear blood red due to the refraction of sunlight through the Earth's atmosphere.
The Moon does not totally disappear during a Total Lunar Eclipse, but appears as a dark red color.

The Shadow Structure consists of:
- Umbra: The innermost and darkest part of the shadow.
- Penumbra: The lighter outer part of the shadow.

A Solar Eclipse does not occur every month because the Moon's orbit is tilted about 5o to the Earth's orbit, so the shadows usually miss.
The Moon must be in the New Moon phase for a Solar Eclipse to occur.