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The Eclipses:
Eclipse meaning as per dictionary,
a. “an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.”
b. “the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)”
c. A "lunar eclipse" and a "solar eclipse" refer to events involving three celestial bodies: The Sun ("solar"), the moon ("lunar"), and the Earth.
Astronomically an eclipse is the partial or total blocking of the light or occultation of one heavenly body by another. An eclipse of the Sun or Moon occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned.
◇ In a solar eclipse the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth. During a total solar eclipse the disk of the Moon fully covers that of the Sun, and only the Sun's corona is visible.
◇ An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon is farthest in its orbit from the Earth so that its disk does not fully cover that of the Sun, and part of the Sun's photosphere is visible as a ring around the Moon.
◇ In a lunar eclipse all or a part of the Moon's disk enters the umbra of the Earth's shadow and is no longer illuminated by the Sun. Lunar eclipses occur only during a full moon, when the Moon is directly opposite the Sun.
The Sun is about 400 times wider than the Moon and 400 times farther from Earth, causing the two to appear to be almost the same size in our sky. This relationship is also responsible for the phenomenon of the total solar eclipse, an eclipse of the Sun in which the disk of the Moon fully covers that of the Sun, blocking the Sun's light and causing the Moon's shadow to fall across the Earth
Out of two kinds of eclipses (1. Solar eclipses, 2. Lunar eclipses) Solar Eclipses are usually more powerful than the Lunar Eclipses. A Solar Eclipse can occur only at Amavasya (New Moon) but not every month (Since the orbit of the moon is tilted at an angle of 5° approximately to the ecliptic, the sun-moon-earth trio does not fall on same line on every new moon day. Hence there is no eclipse on every new moon day.) when the Sun and the Moon are conjunct and parallel in declination.
When the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun, blocking out its view over a small region on the Earth. Viewed from earth, the Moon appears to move in front of the Sun blocking either a part (Partial Eclipse) or all (Total Eclipse) of the Sun’s light. The more complete an eclipse the greater its power.
Eclipse meaning as per dictionary,
a. “an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.”
b. “the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse)”
c. A "lunar eclipse" and a "solar eclipse" refer to events involving three celestial bodies: The Sun ("solar"), the moon ("lunar"), and the Earth.
Astronomically an eclipse is the partial or total blocking of the light or occultation of one heavenly body by another. An eclipse of the Sun or Moon occurs when the Earth, Moon, and Sun are aligned.
◇ In a solar eclipse the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth. During a total solar eclipse the disk of the Moon fully covers that of the Sun, and only the Sun's corona is visible.
◇ An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon is farthest in its orbit from the Earth so that its disk does not fully cover that of the Sun, and part of the Sun's photosphere is visible as a ring around the Moon.
◇ In a lunar eclipse all or a part of the Moon's disk enters the umbra of the Earth's shadow and is no longer illuminated by the Sun. Lunar eclipses occur only during a full moon, when the Moon is directly opposite the Sun.
The Sun is about 400 times wider than the Moon and 400 times farther from Earth, causing the two to appear to be almost the same size in our sky. This relationship is also responsible for the phenomenon of the total solar eclipse, an eclipse of the Sun in which the disk of the Moon fully covers that of the Sun, blocking the Sun's light and causing the Moon's shadow to fall across the Earth
Out of two kinds of eclipses (1. Solar eclipses, 2. Lunar eclipses) Solar Eclipses are usually more powerful than the Lunar Eclipses. A Solar Eclipse can occur only at Amavasya (New Moon) but not every month (Since the orbit of the moon is tilted at an angle of 5° approximately to the ecliptic, the sun-moon-earth trio does not fall on same line on every new moon day. Hence there is no eclipse on every new moon day.) when the Sun and the Moon are conjunct and parallel in declination.
When the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun, blocking out its view over a small region on the Earth. Viewed from earth, the Moon appears to move in front of the Sun blocking either a part (Partial Eclipse) or all (Total Eclipse) of the Sun’s light. The more complete an eclipse the greater its power.
