Why do solar and lunar eclipse occur on the new moon day and full moon day respectively?
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A solar eclipse happens at the new moon phase, when the moon passes between the sun and Earth. A lunar eclipse happens at the opposite moon phase – at full moon – when the Earth, sun and moon align in space, with Earth between the sun and moon.
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A solar eclipse happens at the new moon phase, when the moon passes between the sun and Earth.
A lunar eclipse happens at the opposite moon phase – at full moon – when the Earth, sun and moon align in space, with Earth between the sun and moon. At such times, Earth’s shadow falls on the full moon, darkening the moon’s face and – at mid-eclipse – sometimes turning it a coppery red.
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