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Mo12-L4b: What is a Lunar Eclipse?

The Moon’s orbit is tilted slightly compared to
Earth’s orbit. As a result, during most new moons, Mo12–L4b What is a Lunar Eclipse?
Earth is either above or below the Moon’s shadow.
KEY CONCEPTS:
1. What is a lunar eclipse?
2. How do the Moon and the Sun affect Earth’s
oceans?

Vocabulary A-Z
Let us learn some vocabulary
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon crosses
directly between the Sun and Earth.
lunar eclipse
an occurrence during which the Moon moves into
earth’s shadow.

No solar eclipse occurs when the Moon is not
directly between the Sun an Earth

SUMMARY tide

What is a Solar Eclipse? the periodic rise and fall of the ocean’s surface
caused by the gravitational force between earth
Shadows from a wide light source have two and the moon, and earth and the sun.
distinct parts.

Penumbra

Umbra

The Moon’s shadow produces solar eclipses.

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Lunar Eclipse

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into
Earth’s shadow.

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