What is the difference between solar and lunar eclipses?
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Lunar: the earth gets between the sun and the moon and so it projects its shadow on the moon and it dissapears for a moment.\nSolar: The moo gets between the earth and the sun and you stop seeing the sun or a part of it during some moments, a complete solar eclipse you still see a ring of sun around the moon due to size difference. This doesn't happen on the lunar one as the projected shadow of the earth is much bigger than the moon (and the earth itself) so the moon can disappear for several minutes...
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The moon, when passing between the Earth and the Sun, in the proper angle, temporarily blocks sunlight and thus causes the eclipse.\n\nMore info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/solar_eclipse
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A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun. Due to a remarkable coincidence, the apparent size of the moon of the sky is almost exactly the same as the apparent size of the sun, and from our point of view here on Earth, it seems to gradually "cover" the sun.
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l don't know but see this website, maybe is useful\nhttp://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/solar.html
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A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. If the same thing happens where the moon passes through the earth's shadow, that's called a lunar eclipse.
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The lunar cycle is of lesser importance than the solar cycle of 365(+) days.  Human's - the early farmers - needed the solar cycle to tell them when to plant crops.\n  On the other hand, the lunar cycle is helpful in predicting tides, important to sea-goers.
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i don't know about when the last lunar eclipse occurred but the last solar eclipse occurred on 29th march 2006
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Never.  A solar eclipse happens when the moon moves between the Earth and the Sun.  A lunar eclipse happens when the moon is on the other side of the Earth where it casts a shadow. \n\nSolar eclipse:\n\nS ------- M -- E\n\nLunar eclipse:\n\nS ------------- E -- M\n\nThese two events are disjoint and will never occur simultaneously.\n\nThe synodic period of the moon is approximately 29.53 days (a full cycle around the earth) so the closest time between a solar and lunar eclipse would be half that (14.765 days) or about two weeks.
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Well, this depends somewhat on where in the world you live...if I'm in the U.S and it's noon, I won't get to see a lunar eclipse in Asia where it's midnight.\n\nThat said, you should really check out the transit of Mercury.  Mercury passes directly between us and the Sun, and you can see it pass over the Sun's bright disc.  It will be visible for most of the western hemisphere this Wednesday, Nov. 8th.  This event won't happen again for another decade.\n\nYou'll need some kind of telescope with adequate solar protection (I can't stress this enough - you will go blind if you look through a telescope at the Sun without a proper solar filter).  If you don't have this, ask your local planetarium or science center...they may have some public viewing event.  Otherwise, check out the live webcast below.\n\nSome websites:\n===========\nNasa's soft science PR piece, but has local times for the transit:\nhttp://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/20oct_transitofmercury.htm\n\nA more scientific NASA page on the transit:\nhttp://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/OH/transit06.html\n\nLive transit webcast from Kitt Peak:\nhttp://www.exploratorium.edu/transit/
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When the objects (Sun, Moon, Earth) are in a same line. Let's explain it for the following types:-\n1)Solar Eclipse - In this condition, the order is -Sun, Moon, Earth in an exactly straight line. It always takes place on the day of New Moon \n2)Lunar Eclipse- In this condition, the order is Sun, Earth, Moon in a straight line. It always takes place on the day of Full Moon
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The "line of nodes" is the intersection between the plane of the Moon's orbit around the earth and the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. \n\nThe orbit of the moon around the earth is inclined (tilted) a small amount (about 5 degrees) relative to the Earth's path around the sun.  Eclipses only occur when all three lie in about a straight line, so not only does the moon have to be full (for a solar) or new (for a lunar), it also has to be in the right position in its tilted orbit to be passing through the plane of the Earth's orbit (in the line of nodes).  \n\nYou can imagine this tilted plane of the moon's orbit being attached to the Earth as the Earth circles the sun during a year.  While the moon will pass through the nodes twice each orbit, it is easy to see that only about twice a year will the moon pass through those nodes ***while it is full or new***.  The cycle actually ends up being ~14 months...dunno why.  Maybe the tilt of the moon's orbit precesses quickly. Maybe that wiki article that other answer linked to explains that.
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the moon doesnt circle the sun the moon circles the earth the earth circles the sun
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For the most part, it depends on where you are in comparison to the eclipse.  Also, the alignment of the the sun, moon, and earth need to be within a certain amount to create a partial eclipse or a total eclipse.  This is what I've read...I still might be wrong.
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You can't even call total lunar eclipses "total", as you can still see the sun's halo in a total lunar eclipse. A more accurate definition for a total solar eclipse would be when the planet is completely inside the sphere of the other...\n\nSo yes, being twice away the moon would appear smaller by a noticeable amount, but I think an eclipse that would cause the moon to appear directly in front of the sun would still be called a total eclipse.
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Day or night, you are seeing the portion of the moon that is facing the sun. The only time Earth blocks illumination of the moon is during a lunar eclipse, which happens only two or three times a year.
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To begin with, we should know that the earth revolves around the sun and the moon revoloves around the earth. When the moon comes in between the earth and the sun and the three are in a straight line, some portion of the earth, which is facing the moon experiences the solar eclipse.\nHowever, when the earth comes in between sun and the moon, then lunar eclipse takes place.( Moon does not have any light of its own, we see it shining because of the sun light. Hence when the sunlight is blocked there is no light for moon to shine and there is lunar eclipse)
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the sun and or the moon