1. Solar Eclipses Solar Eclipse – Moon passes directly in front of the sun

2. Total Solar Eclipse Total Eclipse – Perfect alignment of Sun, Moon, and Earth Can only be seen from a small portion of daytime side of Earth Planets and some starts become visible during the day Usually no more than 7 ½ minutes Corona of Sun becomes visible

3. Partial and Annular Solar Eclipse

4. Annular Solar Eclipse -Perfect alignment of Sun, Moon, Earth -Umbra never reaches Earth, so a thin ring of sunlight can still be seen -About ½ of all eclipses are annular

5. Solar EclipseLunar Eclipse Umbra – Central region of shadow - Smallest region - Total Eclipse Penumbra – Shadow outside of umbra - Partial Eclipse

6. Lunar Eclipse