2007-05-27 11:27:33 · 11 answers · asked by ? 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
when the moon blocks the sun it is called a solar eclipse. the sun doesn't block the moon because that would mean the sun would have to get between the earth and the moon..which is impossible. But a lunar eclipse is when the sun shines on the earth and the earths shadow falls on the moon. so then you don't see the moon when perhaps the day before it was visible.
2007-05-27 11:33:29 · answer #1 · answered by Gobi K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Moon Blocking Sun is a Solar Eclipse - fairly uncommon - can go years between seeing one in your particular area.
Sun blocking moon - Doesn't Happen. For the sun to block the moon, then the sun would have to be between the earth and the moon. Physically impossible - in the first place, the sun being 800,000+ miles across, the moon AND earth could orbit INSIDE the sun (with room left over). In the second place - the sun in roughly 93 MILLION miles away, and not moving this way.
2007-05-27 21:15:36 · answer #2 · answered by Adam G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The moon blocking the sun is a solar eclipse and the earth blocking the moon from the reflection of the sun is called a lunar eclipse.
2007-05-27 22:03:00 · answer #3 · answered by JadeRose 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sun cannot block the Moon, since it is farther away than the Moon. When the Moon is blocking the Sun it's called a solar eclipse.
2007-05-27 20:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by GeoffG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The latter is a solar eclipse but a lunar eclipse is when the earth's shadow falls across the face of the moon, at night: it is not a matter of the sun blocking out the Moon's light. The sun cannot be seen during a lunar eclipse.
2007-05-27 18:36:52 · answer #5 · answered by brucebirchall 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When the sun blocks the moon, you are in BIG trouble but this is HIGHLY unlikely to ever happen.
When the Earth casting a shadow across the moon it is a lunar eclipse.
When the moon is blocking sunlight from reaching the Earth it is called a solar eclipse.
2007-05-27 18:33:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The sun CANNOT block the moon. Physical impossibility.
Moon blocking sun is a solar ECLIPSE.
2007-05-27 18:49:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sun blocks moon it is a solar eclipse and when the moon blocks the sun it is a lunar eclipse.
2007-05-27 18:34:45 · answer #8 · answered by Ammy 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Lunar Eclipse and Solar Eclipse
2007-05-27 18:30:35 · answer #9 · answered by dizzkat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There called lunar and solar eclipse
2007-05-27 19:43:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋