ECLIPSES ANALYZE THE PARTS OF AN ECLIPSE EXPLAIN HOW ECLIPSES OCCUR DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSE

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.

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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FUTURE SOLAR ECLIPSES Total solar eclipse -Indonesia including Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi, and from locations in the Pacific Ocean.Total solar eclipse 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, Totality will last for 4 minutes and 9 seconds.

Future Solar Eclipses March 9, 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.

LUNAR EXCLIPSE 2015 September 27, US, Canada, and Central and South America, this rare Total Lunar Eclipse of a Supermoon.Total Lunar EclipseSupermoon September 28, 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.Blood Moon

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 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 French scientist Pierre Janssen noticed a peculiar yellow line, with a wavelength of 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!