1. Eclipses

2. What are eclipses? When the shadow of one CELESTIAL body falls on another

3. When do they occur? When the sun, moon, and earth line up

4. If that’s true, what phases of the moon can produce (make) eclipses? First quarter Waxing Crescent Full Moon New Moon Waxing Gibbous

5. Solar Eclipse The disk of the moon completely covers the disk from the sun Happens at new moon The longest duration for a total solar eclipse is 7.5 minutes. Eclipse shadows travel at 1,100 miles per hour at the equator and up to 5,000 miles per hour near the poles.

6. Solar Eclipses The width of the path of totality is at most 167 miles wide. There are at least 2 solar eclipses per year somewhere on the Earth. Total solar eclipses happen about once every 1.5 years.

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8. Lunar Eclipse Happens when the moon falls in Earth’s Shadow Occurs at Full MOON Earth’s atmosphere bends light making the moon look red

9. Lunar Eclipses Any given location can experience up to three lunar eclipses per year, as last happened in 1982. Some years there are none, as in 2005 and 2006. lunar eclipses are visible everywhere that it is nighttime as the event takes place — essentially half the globe

10. When are the next eclipses? Partial Solar Eclipse - Nov 13, 2012 Next Total Solar Eclispes- March 17th, 2017 Next partial Lunar eclipse-June 4th, 2012 Next Total Lunar Eclipse April 14th, 2014