Labels:text | screenshot OCR: LUNAR AND SOLAR ECLIPSES AN ECLIPSE OCCURS when light from one Sun, throwing a shadow over the lunar celestial object is temporarily cut off surface. Solar eclipses occur once or by the presence of another celestial twice a year when the Moon blocks off object. Lunar eclipses occur two or light from the Sun, casting a shadow three times a year, when the Earth on the Earth that is typically 161 km passes between the full Moon and the (100 miles) wide. SHADOW PLAY A solar eclipse will be Orbital path seen only if the shadow cast of the Moon by the Moon falls over the observer's position on Earth. Node A lunar eclipse is visible from any position on Earth that faces toward the Moon. SOLAR Moon at Ecliptic ECLIPSE node FACT FILE
