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when the moon is in position that the sun is obstructed by its shadow
what is a solar eclipse?
when the moon is a bit farther from the earth than average
what is an annular solar eclipse
the position of the moon affects this:
what are tides?
when there's a ring in the sky around a dark circle
what is Solar eclipse
when only part of earth’s shadow covers the moon.
the opposite of a solar eclipse: no light hits the moon because the Earth’s blocking the sun from reflecting on the moon.
what is a lunar eclipse?
the moon’s orbit is tilted by 5.1 degrees compared to the ecliptic
what is the moons path change?
to sunlight scattering through earth’s atmosphere or 30% of suns radiation bouncing back off earth
what is the reddish orange color on the moon?
it raisees and lowers tides
what is the moon
rotates in exactly the same time as it takes to orbit another object causing you to see only one side of that object.
what is tidal locking?