The Moon
The moon is usually tilted too far in either of these directions for there to be an eclipse.
What is north or south?
This is the dark, narrow shadow during an eclipse.
What is the umbra?
During a lunar eclipse, this is between the sun and the moon.
What is the Earth?
During a solar eclipse, this is between the sun and the Earth.
What is the moon?
This is the type of eclipse where all of the moon is in the Earth's penumbra.
What is a penumbral lunar eclipse?
This is the shape of the moon's orbit around the Earth.
What is an ellipse?
This is the lighter, wider shadow during an eclipse.
What is the penumbra?
During a lunar eclipse, the moon turns this color.
What is red?
This happens to the sun's rays during a solar eclipse.
What is being blocked?
This is the type of eclipse where part of the moon is in the umbra, and part is in the penumbra.
What is a partial lunar eclipse?
An annular solar eclipse happens when the moon is ____________ to/from the sun to fully block it.
What is too close to?
This is the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere, which creates a hazy, feather-like ring of light around the moon during a solar eclipse.
What is the corona?
This is the phase of the moon during a lunar eclipse.
What is a full moon?
This is the phase of the moon during a solar eclipse.
What is a new moon?
What is a partial solar eclipse?
The moon is smaller than the sun, but appears to be the same size as it in the sky. This is because the sun is 400 times ______ than the moon, and also 400 times ______________.
What are bigger and farther away?
This is the layer of the sun that is visible as a thin, solid layer of light around the moon during a solar eclipse.
This is what casts an umbra and penumbra during a lunar eclipse.
What is the Earth?
This is what casts an umbra and penumbra during a solar eclipse.
What is the moon?
This is the type of eclipse where the moon is centered in front of the sun, but too close to the sun to fully block it.
What is an annular solar eclipse?
These two things are what the moon casts during a solar eclipse.
What are the umbra and penumbra?
During a solar eclipse, these are the bright spots of light that are formed as light passes through the moon's low-lying valleys.
What are Baily's beads.
During a partial lunar eclipse, the part of the moon that's in the umbra looks _____, while the part of the moon that's in the penumbra looks _______.
What are red and dimmed/darkened?
During a total solar eclipse, people standing in the _____ will see totality, while people standing in the _____ will see a partial eclipse.
What are the umbra and penumbra?
This is the type of eclipse where the moon and sun are visible at the same time.
What is a selenelion lunar eclipse?