Eclipse

Hi,Ms Coelho,

An eclipse is an astroonomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. When an eclipse occurs within a stellar system, such as the Solar System, it forms a type of syzgy—the alignment of three or more celestial bodies in the same gravitational system
along a straight lime.An occultation of the Sun by the Moon is termed a solar eclipse.A total solar eclipse occurs when the Earth intersects the umbra portion of the Moon's shadow.Lunar eclipses occur when the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow. . Since this occurs only when the Moon is on the far side of the Earth from the Sun, lunar eclipses only occur when there is a full moon.

From,
David