Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses

Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses

What is an eclipse? An eclipse happens when a planet or a moon gets in the way of the Sun’s light. Here on Earth, we can experience two kinds of eclipses: solar eclipses and lunar eclipses.

Topics

  • orbit
  • celestial body
  • NASA Space Place
  • NASA
  • Earth's shadow
  • total eclipse
  • eclipse
  • lunar eclipse
  • solar eclipse
  • Sun
  • Moon
  • Earth's Moon
  • Moon shadow