SOLAR ECLIPSE

THINGS TO KNOW

• Solar eclipses can only happen at a new moon
• This happens when a moon passes between earth
• And the sun and partially blocks the sun
• Solar eclipses don't happen every month because
• The moon's orbit (elliptical) is tilted by 5 degrees

DIFFERENT TYPES OF ECLIPSES

• Total, hybrid, partial, and annular
• Partial is when only a a part of the sun is covered by the moon
• Annular is when the sun's center is covered by the moon
• Total is when the whole sun is covered by the moon
• Hybrid is when only a part of earth can see the eclipse

SHADOWS

• Penumbra and umbra
• Penumbra is the moon't faint outer shadow
• And partial solar eclipses at visible from a penumbra
• Umbra is the moon's darker inner shadow
• And total eclipses are visible within it

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