Question

DRAW A WELL LABELLED DIAGRAM OF :
1. Formation of lunar eclipse .
2. Formation of solar eclipse .

Answer 1

Explanation:

A lunar eclipse is when the Earth’s shadow is cast over the Moon. During this time the Sun’s light passing through the Earth illuminates the Moon giving it an orange tone as the Moon moved closer to the center of Earth’s shadow. There are three types of lunar eclipses: total, partial and penumbral.

Total lunar eclipses are when the Moon passes through Earth’s umbral shadow -giving it that red-orange tone. The red-orange glow is caused by the umbral shadow. This is the inner darkest part of the shadow. The reason it has that reddish color it’s because the Sun’s light is passing around the whole circumference of Earth. Partial lunar eclipse is when the Moon passes through only a portion of the Earths shadow. Depending on how far in the Moon moves into the shadow, the Moon may or may not get the orange glow.