Solar Eclipse
What is the order of the sun, earth, and moon for a solar eclipse?
Sun, moon, Earth
What is the order of the sun, earth, and moon for a lunar eclipse?
Sun, Earth, moon
Which eclipse is safest to look at?
Lunar Eclipse
What moon phase is completely dark?
New Moon
How does light from the sun travel?
What moon phase happens during a solar eclipse?
New Moon
What moon phase happens during a lunar eclipse?
Full Moon
Which shadow is darker and which shadow is lighter?
Umbra is the darker shadow and penumbra is the lighter shadow.
What moon phase is more than half lit on the left side?
Waning Gibbous
How much of the moon is always illuminated?
Half of the moon.
What happens during a solar eclipse?
Happens when the moon blocks sunlight from getting to the Earth.
What happens during a lunar eclipse?
Happens when the Earth blocks sunlight from hitting the moon.
Why doesn't an eclipse happen every month?
The moon's orbit is tilted so it doesn't always align.
What moon phase is less than half lit on the right side?
Waxing Crescent
How are we able to see the moon?
The moon reflects light from the sun.
How long is the most amount of time a total solar eclipse happens for?
3 minutes at most
What do you call the moon during a total lunar eclipse?
Blood Moon
When is the next solar eclipse (total or partial) visible from California?
Total: August 12th, 2045 / August 23rd, 2044
Partial: August 12th, 2026
What moon phase will happen after a First Quarter moon?
Waxing Gibbous
What side of the moon is illuminated during waxing phases and waning phases?
During waxing, the right side is illuminated. During waning, the left side is illuminated.
How often do total solar eclipses happen?
Once every 1.5 years
What are the three types of lunar eclipses?
Total, partial and penumbral
How many types of eclipses are there in total (both solar and lunar)?
7
What moon phase is 75% of the way through the cycle?
Why do we see different phases of the moon?
We see different amounts of the illuminated parts of the Moon as the moon orbits the Earth.