if the sun was infront then it would of made every bright
if i was behind then y did the moon slowly start to get blocked out- should it slowly start to light up?
i was V stoned when i was lookin at it so hav got many daft questions!
2007-03-05 00:32:00 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The Earth was between the Sun and the Moon, hence blocking the Sun's light from reaching the moon.
In a Solar Eclipse, the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, hence blocking the light from the Sun reaching us. It only works because, coincidentally, the Sun is 400 times bigger than the Moon and also 400 times the distance away. If that wasn't true, we'd only get partial eclipses!
The reason you can still see the moon has to do with the way light bends around the Earth's atmosphere - a little red light still reaches it which is why it appears red during a total Lunar Eclipse.
2007-03-05 00:40:56 · answer #1 · answered by Chii 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay, the sun normally shines onto the moon making it visible.
This time the earth moved to between the sun and the moon casting it's shadow over the face of the moon that caused the moon to go dark until the earth started to move even further and therefore allow the sun to shine on the moon again.
2007-03-05 08:41:01 · answer #2 · answered by zakiit 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The earth moved in between the Sun and the Moon, which was why the Moon 'dimmed' (because it was in the Earth's shadow). During totality the only light reaching the moon was that which had been filtered through the Earth's atmosphere, hence the reddish glow...
2007-03-05 08:35:57 · answer #3 · answered by mark 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Neither. The Earth was between the Sun and the Moon, and the Moon was passing through Earth's shadow.
2007-03-05 08:35:51 · answer #4 · answered by Ben 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither; the sun was behind the earth casting a shadow on the moon.
2007-03-05 09:29:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the above!
The fact that it is called lunar eclipse means that the earth is between the moon and the sun. The earth obstructs the light coming from the sun so the moon appears to have partial or full loss of light from our point of view, whatever the case may be.
2007-03-05 08:44:01 · answer #6 · answered by grit240 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The earth was between the sun and the moon
2007-03-05 08:37:38 · answer #7 · answered by permh20 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The moon went into the Shadow of the earth
2007-03-05 13:50:20 · answer #8 · answered by bwadsp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. the sun was where it always is; at the centre of our solar system and then the earth (the big rock you're standing on) was directly between the sun and the moon causing the earths shadow to cover it
2007-03-05 08:38:45 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The earth was directly in between the sun and the moon so that the earth's shadow covered the moon or "eclipsed" it.
2007-03-05 08:36:23 · answer #10 · answered by bobweb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋