lunar eclipse, Full Moon

While a solar eclipse involves the moon passing between the sun and the Earth, casting a shadow across our planet, a lunar eclipse involves the Earth passing directly between the moon and ...
There are two types of eclipses - a lunar eclipse, when Earth's shadow obscures the moon and a solar eclipse, which takes place when the Moon blocks the sun from view, according to NASA.
The moon always enters a circular shadow during a lunar eclipse no matter where the moon is in the sky. This is one of the reasons people have known that our planet is spherical for ...
A total eclipse is the most dramatic, as the darkest part of the Earth’s shadow (known as the umbra) completely covers the moon. A lunar eclipse actually goes through seven phases or stages ...
A bigger sky treat is on tap next month, with a total lunar eclipse set to occur early in ... reddish-orange as it moves across the Earth’s shadow. The moon appears to glow in that rusty color ...