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eclipses

Last post 03-02-2005 12:49 PM by Christina Cohen. 1 replies.
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  • 03-02-2005 12:32 PM

    eclipses

    Kathy D

     

     

    Can eclipses of the sun be seen from the moon?

     

     

  • 03-02-2005 12:49 PM In reply to

    Re: eclipses

    Hi Kathy,

    Yup - in fact, every lunar eclipse on Earth is a solar eclipse on the moon. We see a lunar eclipse when the Earth passes between the Moon and the Sun, such that the Earth's shadow falls covers the moon. If you were standing on the Moon, you would see the Earth passing in front of the Sun and covering it for a while.

    I imagine it would look very pretty as the sunlight would illuminate the Earth's atmosphere around the dark disk of the Earth.

    -Christina
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