Total and partial solar eclipse
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In general, a solar eclipse occurs when the disk of the Moon appears to cross in front of the disk of the Sun.
A total solar eclipse—like the one that crossed the U.S. in August, 2017—occurs when the disk of the Moon blocks 100 percent of the solar disk so that sunlight does not reach Earth. All three celestial objects—Earth, Moon, and Sun—are perfectly aligned. The Moon casts a shadow onto Earth and the sky becomes very dark as if it were night. However, you can only see totality from a very narrow path on Earth (about 100 miles wide). If you don’t live in this path, you will see a partial solar eclipse.
A partial eclipse occurs when the Moon only partially covers the disk of the Sun. The Earth, Moon, and Sun are not perfectly aligned. The Sun appears to have a dark shadow on only a small part of its surface. Partial solar eclipses are quite common. They occur every few years.
Frankly, if you didn’t know a partial eclipse was happening, you might not even notice it. While astronomically interesting, the partial eclipse does not have that rare total darkness that you experience in the total solar eclipse.
It’s only during the minutes of 100% totality that you see the Sun’s bright corona shine across the sky, pink prominences leaping, and stars emerge from the inky black sky, and other phenomena.
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Total solar eclipses: it’s occur when the moon completely covers the sun as seen from earth
Partial partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by moon touches the earth