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A Solar Eclipse

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking all or part of the Sun's light. There are three types of solar eclipses: total, partial, and annular. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon completely covers the Sun's disk. A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Moon covers only a portion of the Sun. An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon is too far away from Earth to cover the Sun completely, leaving a ring of sunlight visible around the Moon. Solar eclipses can only happen at new moon when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned.

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A Solar Eclipse

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking all or part of the Sun's light. There are three types of solar eclipses: total, partial, and annular. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon completely covers the Sun's disk. A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Moon covers only a portion of the Sun. An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon is too far away from Earth to cover the Sun completely, leaving a ring of sunlight visible around the Moon. Solar eclipses can only happen at new moon when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are aligned.

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A solar eclipse occurs during the day.

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lit circumstances gradually becamedark. Solar eclipses occur because of sunlightduring the day eclipsed
by the moon. As a result,for a few moments the Sun covered and notvisible from Earth. When the position
of the solar eclipse, the Sun, moon, and Earth are on oneline. As a result of the Moon‘s shadow will hit
theEarth. Because the Moon is smaller than the Sunthen just some place of the Earth’s surfaceexposed to
the shadow of the moon. Or just some of the places that experience a solar eclipse.

Eclipse of the Sun was divided into three types:total solar eclipses, partial solar eclipse, Solar
Eclipse and ring.

Total solar eclipse: the occurrence of a total solar eclipse took place only at the Earth’s surface exposed to
the core shadow (umbra) of the month. Because the Moon is smallercompared to the Earth. Then the total
solar eclipse can not last long. Total solar eclipsesusually only lasts about 7 minutes. Total solar
eclipses always starts and ends by the partial solar eclipse.

Partial solar eclipse: the occurrence of partial solar eclipse when the Moon’s surface close a portion of the
surface of the Sun.

Solar Eclipse ring: the occurrence of a solar eclipse ring when the Moon is at the farthestpoint and the
nearest point on the Earth is from the Sun.

As seen from the Earth, a solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes
between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks ("occults") the Sun. This can
happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in
an alignment referred to as syzygy. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the
Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured.
If the Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital
plane, there would be total solar eclipses every month. However, the Moon's orbit
is inclined (tilted) at more than 5 degrees to the Earth's orbit around the Sun (see ecliptic), so its
shadow at new moon usually misses Earth. Earth's orbit is called the ecliptic plane as the Moon's
orbit must cross this plane in order for an eclipse (both solar as well as lunar) to occur. In
addition, the Moon's actual orbit is elliptical, often taking it far enough away from Earth that
its apparent size is not large enough to block the Sun totally. The orbital planes cross each other
at a line of nodes resulting in at least two, and up to five, solar eclipses occurring each year; no
more than two of which can be total eclipses.[1][2] However, total solar eclipses are rare at any
particular location because totality exists only along a narrow path on the Earth's surface traced
by the Moon's shadow or umbra.
An eclipse is a natural phenomenon. Nevertheless, in some ancient and modern cultures, solar
eclipses have been attributed to supernatural causes or regarded as bad omens. A total solar
eclipse can be frightening to people who are unaware of its astronomical explanation, as the Sun
seems to disappear during the day and the sky darkens in a matter of minutes.
Since looking directly at the Sun can lead to permanent eye damage or blindness, special eye
protection or indirect viewing techniques are used when viewing a solar eclipse. It is technically
safe to view only the total phase of a total solar eclipse with the unaided eye and without
protection; however, this is a dangerous practice, as most people are not trained to recognize the
phases of an eclipse, which can span over two hours while the total phase can only last up to 7.5
minutes for any one location. People referred to as eclipse chasers or umbraphiles will travel to
remote locations to observe or witness predicted central solar eclipses.

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