1. Eclipses
Solar Eclipses
&
Lunar Eclipses

3. Eclipse – the shadowing of one object (planet or moon) upon another.

4. Eclipses
Lunar Eclipses

6. Lunar Eclipse Earth comes directly between the Sun and a Full Moon.
Earth’s shadows falls on the moon’s surface
Earth’s shadow
Full Moon
Earth
Sun

7. Lunar Eclipse
ONLY happens
during a full moon

8. Eclipses
Solar Eclipses

10. Solar Eclipse
ONLY happens
during a new moon

11. Solar Eclipse A New Moon comes directly between the Sun and Earth.
Moon’s shadows falls on the Earth’s surface
Moon’s shadow
New Moon
Earth
Sun

12. Annular Eclipse Type of solar eclipse.
New moon comes between the Sun and Earth, but Earth is farther away from moon so—it allows light to shine around the New Moon. We see a ring of sunlight around the moon
Moon’s shadow
New Moon
Sun
Ring of sunlight
around moon
Earth