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6.5 Solar and Lunar Eclipses

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6.5 Solar and Lunar Eclipses

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SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES

What do you see?


A shadow is a dark shape made
when light is stopped or blocked
by an opaque object.
Opaque object is an object that
will not allow light to pass
through.
A shadow is formed when an
opaque object passes through in
front of source light
This means light doesn't travel
through them. Light bounces
back off the object.
SHADOW
SOLAR ECLIPSE

When the moon moves between the Sun and Earth, the moon blocks the light of the sun from reaching
Earth. This causes an eclipse of the sun or solar eclipse. During a solar eclipse, the moon casts a shadow
onto Earth
TYPE OF SOLAR ECLIPSE
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

• A total solar eclipse is only visible from a small • This happens when the sun, moon and
area on Earth. Earth are not exactly lined up.
• The people who see the total eclipse are in the • The sun appears to have a dark shadow on
centre of the moon’s shadow when it hits Earth. only a small part of its surface
• The sky becomes very dark as if it were night.
For a total eclipse to take place, the sun, moon
and Earth must be in a direct line.
LUNAR ECLIPSE

Earth orbits the sun. Sometimes Earth moves between the sun and the moon.
When this happens, Earth blocks the sunlight that normally is reflected by the moon
Instead of light hitting the moon’s surface, Earth’s shadow falls on it. This is an eclipse of the moon — a lunar
eclipse.
A lunar eclipse can occur only when the moon is full.
TYPE OF LUNAR ECLIPSE
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE PARTIAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

Occurs when the moon and the sun are on exact Happens when only a part of the moon enters
opposite sides of Earth. Although the moon is in Earth’s shadow. In a partial eclipse, Earth’s
Earth’s shadow, some sunlight reaches the moon. shadow appears very dark on the side of the
The sunlight passes through Earth’s atmosphere, moon facing Earth. What people see from
which causes Earth’s atmosphere to filter out most Earth during a partial lunar eclipse depends on
of the blue light. This makes the moon appear red how the sun, Earth and moon are lined up.
to people on Earth.
SOLAR
ECLIPSE

LUNAR
ECLIPSE

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