What are the Differences between
Solar and Lunar Eclipse?
By: Henry Lam
There
was a solar eclipse on May 20. It was the first annular eclipse in 18 years. It
was visible in eastern Asia and Northern Pacific. You may wonder what the
difference between solar and lunar eclipse are. Well, they are sort of similar.
A solar eclipse can only occur at new moon and lunar eclipse occurs only at
full moon. Solar eclipses last for about 7 minutes 40 seconds and lunar
eclipses last for about 1 hour 40 minutes. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the
Sun and a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the
Moon. A solar
eclipse happens when the shadow of the Moon is cast on the Earth and a lunar
eclipse happens when the shadow of the Earth is cast on the Moon.
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