ANALYZE THE PARTS OF AN ECLIPSE

EXPLAIN HOW ECLIPSES OCCUR

DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSE

ECLIPSES
Eclipses

-Occurs when a shadow makes the Sun or the

Moon seem to grow dark.
 2 TYPES OF ECLIPSES:

• SOLAR ECLIPSE
• LUNAR ECLIPSE
SOLAR ECLIPSES
• Solar Eclipse- caused by the
moon making a small shadow
on the Earth.
– Moon crosses in front of
the sun.
– Moon is in a new moon
position.
– Only a small number of
people can see a solar
eclipse.
– Occurs during the day.
 Recent Solar Eclipse
• September 13, 2015, a partial eclipse that
was visible in Africa and Antarctica.
 Types of Solar Eclipses:
1. A partial solar eclipse occurs when only
part of the Sun is covered by the Moon which
appears to take a “bite” out of the Sun.
 Types of Solar Eclipses:
2. Annular eclipse occurs when the Sun’s
center is covered by the moon , leaving its
edges left uncovered, producing a ring (or
annulus) of the Sun around its edges.
 Types of Solar Eclipses:

3. A total solar eclipse takes place when the

Sun becomes completely covered by the
moon.
 Types of Solar Eclipses:
4. A hybrid eclipse is one which is seen as
annular by observers in one part of the Earth,
and at the same time, is seen as a total eclipse
by others in another part of the Earth.
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SOLAR ECLIPSE
• There are two parts to the
shadow.
– Umbra- darkest part
– Penumbra- lighter part
• Those people standing in
the umbra see a total solar
eclipse.
• Those people in the
penumbra see a partial
solar eclipse.
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- Solar Eclipse Animation

 FUTURE SOLAR ECLIPSES
• Total solar eclipse -Indonesia including Sumatra,
Borneo, and Sulawesi, and from locations in the
Pacific Ocean.
• Northern and eastern Australia, in South Asia, and
in East Asia will be able to see a partial eclipse.
• The eclipse will begin at 23:19 UTC on March 8,
2016, and its maximum point will take place at
01:59 on March 9, 2016. Totality will last for 4
minutes and 9 seconds.
 Future Solar Eclipses
• March 9, 2016. -Asia and Australia.
• September 1, 2016 Africa and parts of the Indian
Ocean.
• February 26, 2017 South America, Africa and
Antarctica.
• The next solar eclipse that can be seen in the
United States and North America will be on
August 21, 2017.
LUNAR ECLIPSE
• Lunar eclipse- caused by
the earth’s shadow covering
the moon.
– Moon is in a full moon
position.
– Large numbers of people
can see.
– Occurs at night.
LUNAR ECLIPSE
• There are two parts to
the shadow- umbra
and penumbra.
– When the moon is in
the umbra a total lunar
eclipse occurs.
– When the moon is in
the penumbra a partial
lunar eclipse occurs.
 3 Types of Lunar Eclipses
• Total Lunar Eclipse-Earth’s full (umbral) shadow
falls on the moon.
• Partial Lunar Eclipse-the sun, Earth and moon are
not quite perfectly aligned, and Earth’s shadow
appears to take a bite out of the moon.
• Penumbral Lunar Eclipse-the moon is in Earth’s
faint outer (penumbral) shadow.
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 LUNAR EXCLIPSE 2015
• September 27, 2015- US, Canada, and Central
and South America, this rare Total Lunar
Eclipse of a Supermoon.
• September 28, 2015- Europe, South/East Asia,
Africa, the Arctic, and in the Pacific, Atlantic,
and Indian Oceans it starts after midnight on.
• Also called a Blood Moon this eclipse lasted for
about 1 hour and 12 minutes.
 Future Lunar Eclipses
• March 23, 2016: Penumbral eclipse. Visible
from Asia, Australia, Pacific Ocean,
western Americas.

• Sept. 16, 2016: Penumbral eclipse. Visible

from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia,
western Pacific Ocean
 Blood Red Moon-
-Earth's atmosphere
-Amount of dust and clouds in the moon’s
atmosphere.
-extra particles from a recent volcanic eruption
on the moon.
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- Lunar Eclipse Animation
Lunar Eclipse 2008
 TRIVIA:
• A solar eclipse always occurs two weeks before or
after a lunar eclipse.
• Lunar eclipses can occur up to three times a year.
• Solar eclipses always occur between two and five
times a year. Often, these eclipses are unnoticed
because they only pass over a small portion of the
earth.
 TRIVIA:
• The longest duration for a solar eclipse is
seven and a half minutes.
• The element helium was discovered during
a solar eclipse in 1868. French scientist
Pierre Janssen noticed a peculiar yellow
line, with a wavelength of 587.49
nanometers, while looking at the sun during
an eclipse.
 TRIVIA
• On May 29, 1919, observations recorded during
a total eclipse of the sun helped prove Albert
Einstein’s theory of relativity.
• On May 28, 585 B.C.E., an eclipse halted a
battle between the Medes and the Lydians in
present-day Turkey. Both sides believed the
eclipse was a bad omen and immediately stopped
fighting!