Eclipse – Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse
What is an eclipse?
An eclipse is a celestial event that happens when a rocket or a astronomical body is briefly optically obstructed by passing into another body’s shadow or by having another item pass among it and the observer.
What are the two types of natural eclipses that can be observed from the Earth?
Solar eclipses and lunar eclipses are the two types of natural eclipses that can be observed from the Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
Also called the eclipse of the sun, it happens when the moon is in the middle of the sun and the earth. Thus, the moon obstructs the light of the sun from arriving at the world’s surface and casts a shadow on it. This happens on a new moon day. We can see up to 5 solar eclipses each year.
What are the three types of solar eclipses?
The three types of solar eclipses are partial, anuular and total solar eclipse.
What is a lunar eclipse?
It is also called as the eclipse of the moon, it happens when the earth in the middle of between the sun and the moon. Subsequently, the earth hinders the rays of the sun from arriving at the moon’s surface and casts its shadow about the moon. It happens on a full moon day. We can see up to 3 lunar eclipses each year.