Eclipse
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An eclipse is an astronomical event which occurs when an astronomical object or spacecraft is temporarily obscured, by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it
Totality during the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, showing the solar corona and prominences
The lunar umbra on Earth during the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, as seen from space
The progression of a solar eclipse on August 1, 2008, viewed from Novosibirsk, Russia. The time between shots is three minutes.
This print shows Parisians watching the solar eclipse of July 28, 1851
Lunar eclipse
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A lunar eclipse, also called a blood moon, is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon orbits through Earth's shadow. Lunar eclipses occur during eclipse season, when the Moon's orbital plane i
Eclipse
…behind a bigger one. The term eclipse is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. However, it can also refer to such events beyond the Earth–Moon system: for example, a planet moving into…
Composite image of the April 2014 total lunar eclipse as viewed from Charleston, West Virginia
Totality during the lunar eclipse of 15 May 2022. Direct sunlight is being blocked by the Earth, and the only light reaching it is sunlight refracted by Earth's atmosphere, producing a reddish color.
A painting by Lucien Rudaux showing how a solar eclipse might appear when viewed from the lunar surface. The Moon's surface appears red because the only sunlight available is refracted through Earth's atmosphere on the edges of Earth, as shown in the sky in this painting.
Full Moon 2010