Draw 3 Circles. A large one to represent the sun, a small one to represent the moon, and a medium-sized one to represent the earth.
The circles should be drawn next to each other in a straight line.
Draw the small circle (moon) directly in between the large and medium circles (Sun and Earth)
The moon is what causes the solar eclipse. It gets in between the sun and earth so that from the earth we cannot see the sun.
In a straight line left to right: Moon, Earth, Sun. Much bigger Earth-Sun gap than Moon-Earth.
Draw a line from the top of the Sun that just touches the top of Earth as it passes and another from the same point on the Sun that just touches the bottom of the Earth as it passes.
Do the same from the bottom of the Sun.
You should now have the moon sitting within four lines which represent the shadow of the Earth.
The innermost pair of these lines represents the area of totality.
A solar eclipse is when the Earth casts a shadow on the moon (in contrast to a lunar eclipse, where the moon casts a shadow on the Earth). This means the Earth would be directly between the sun and the moon. So, if you were standing on the moon, the Earth would block the sun.
this is totally wrong in a solare eclipse the moon is in between the earth and the sun! x x x <3During solar eclipse:
Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moon . . Earth
During lunar eclipse:
Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earth . . Moon
They are in that order : Sun, Moon, Earth. In a solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, casting a shadow that rapidly moves across the surface.
MrEclipse.com has already done so. Check the link below.
Fred Espenak, who runs mreclipse.com, is the person who also manages the NASA Eclipse page on the web.
The same because you only see one part of the Earth.Another answerConsidering that the moon is not geostationary, the Earth would look like a coin, though it would probably look somewhat like a sphere when the moon were directly above it.
Viewed from a point on the earth's orbit but very distant from earth,the lineup would look like this at the time of Full Moon:Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earth . . Moon
it's going fauther from the earth.
If you mean the Moon's movement around the Earth, the Earth's gravitation pulls the Moon towards the Earth. There is no opposing force that acts on the Moon (otherwise, the Moon wouldn't accelerate towards the Earth, i.e., change its direction).
It doesn't look like the Moon will hit Earth any time soon. In fact, it is gradually getting farther and farther away from Earth.
Towards the Earth all or some of the time, I think. Look at the Moon phases/cycle diagram.
There are diagrams of the Moon position (for each phase) at the related links.
The Moon appears a lot smaller (which it is) when viewed from the Earth.
The Moon's orbit around the Earth is an ellipse. The Earth doesn't go around the Moon at all.
The same because you only see one part of the Earth.Another answerConsidering that the moon is not geostationary, the Earth would look like a coin, though it would probably look somewhat like a sphere when the moon were directly above it.
Because when I look up from the Earth, the surface of the Moon looks like nothing on Earth.
what does the sun, moon, and earth look like when the moon in in its quater stage?
No. They just look like they are.
Viewed from a point on the earth's orbit but very distant from earth,the lineup would look like this at the time of Full Moon:Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earth . . Moon
it looks like an average day, except there is a moon.
The Moon is between the Sun and the Earth.It would look like this:Sun --> Moon --> Earth
The moon can look like a semicircle, a fingernail crescent, a gibbous (egg shaped moon) and of course it can look like a complete circle.