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Can you see the sun or the moon during an eclipse?

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If it is a total eclipse you can't see the Sun.

That's except for the very thin atmosphere called the "corona" which you don't see unless there is a total solar eclipse.

With a total eclipse of the Moon, you can still see the Moon.

That's because some sunlight still gets to the Moon via refraction by the Earth's atmosphere.

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Where is the moon during solar eclipse?

In the sky between the sun and the earth. Since the light side of the moon faces the sun, we can't see the moon during an eclipse.


Describe the relative positions of Earth the sun and the moon during a solar eclipse and during a lunar eclipse?

During a lunar eclipse, the Earth is between the sun and the moon; the shadow of Earth darkens the moon. During a solar eclipse, the moon is between Earth and the sun; the moon blocks the sun.


Can you see the moon during a solar eclipse?

When a solar eclipse happens the moon is in front of the sun. So you see the shadow of the moon you do not see the reflection of the sunlight though. The only thing you see is the shadow of the moon and the sun's corona.


Is it a solar or lunar eclipse when you can't see the moon?

well by you can't see the moon, I think you mean new moon. You have a new moon during a solar eclipse (moon is blocking the sun)


What would a person in the moon see when there is an eclipse of the moon?

During a lunar eclipse, a resident of the Moon would experience a solar eclipse; the Sun would be hidden behind the Earth.


How was the sun's corona discovered?

By A Total Eclipse Of The Sun During a Solar Eclipse. Once the Moon blocks the Sun, you can see the Corona shining around it.


What do people see when they witness an eclipse?

If it is a lunar eclipse they see the shadow of the earth cross the surface of the moon. If it is a solar eclipse, they see the moon pass between the earth and the sun. NOTE: One should not look directly at the sun at all, even during an eclipse.


Why can't you see sun in solar ecliose?

Because the Sun is behind the Moon during a solar eclipse.


What side of the moon do we see?

you see the near side of the moon.


What the line up during a solar and a lunar eclipse?

Solar eclipse--Sun, moon, Earth Lunar eclipse-- Sun, Earth, moon


Why don't eclipse occur during every full moon or new moon?

This is because the Moon needs to be blocking the source of light provided to us, this source is the Sun. The 'new moon' is the first phase where there is almost no visible moon. The 'full moon' is where you can see the whole moon. To cause a solar eclipse, the moon needs to be in the line of the Earth and the Sun, and to cause a Lunar eclipse, the Earth needs to be in the line of the Sun and the Moon. Sun-Moon-Earth = Solar Eclipse Sun-Earth-Moon = Lunar Eclipse


What would you see if you were on the moon during a lunar eclipse?

From the perspective of a lunar observer, it would be a solar eclipse; the Earth would pass between the Sun and the Moon.