What is the difference between a lunar eclipse and the new moon?
What is the difference between a lunar eclipse and the new moon?
As much detail and links helpful!
Lots of people think that the phases of the moon are similar to lunar eclipses, but such is not the case. The PHASES of the moon—are caused strictly by the percentage of lunar surface illuminated by the sun. That in turn is determined by where the moon is in its orbit around us. Kind of hard to visualize without some graphics help, so take a look at this website for a great diagram and Java applet that shows the whole thing:
http://www.astronomynotes.com/nakedeye/s13.htm
On the other hand, a lunar ECLIPSE happens when Earth is directly between the sun and moon, thereby throwing a shadow across the lunar surface. Incidentally, if you were standing on the moon’s surface at that time you’d have one heck of a solar eclipse to look at.
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