Eclipses
An eclipse is a shadow. In a solar eclipse the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, and its shadow falls on us. In a lunar eclipse the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, and the Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.
Depth 1 · Foundation
You can tell a solar eclipse from a lunar one by what blocks what, and say at which phase of the Moon each one can happen.
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You can tell a solar eclipse from a lunar one by what blocks what, and say at which phase of the Moon each one can happen.
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- 1The SunDepth 1 · Foundation · The Solar System
- 2The EarthDepth 1 · Foundation · The Solar System
- 3The MoonDepth 1 · Foundation · The Solar System
- 4Day and nightDepth 1 · Foundation · The Sky
- 5Day and nightDepth 2 · Deeper · The Sky
- 6Phases of the MoonDepth 1 · Foundation · The Sky
- 7EclipsesDepth 1 · Foundation · The Sky
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