SCIENCE
EARTH SCIENCE
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Question
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new moon
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full moon
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waning crescent
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waxing gibbous
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Detailed explanation-1: -Solar eclipses happen only at the new moon phase, when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -A solar eclipse can only happen during a New Moon. The Moon’s orbit is titled 5 degrees to Earth’s orbit around the Sun. Therefore a solar eclipse is a relatively rare phenomena and a Total or Annular eclipse even more rare, with the Hybrid eclipse the rarest of all.
Detailed explanation-3: -The number of days counted from the time of the new moon is the Moon’s “age". Each complete cycle of phases is called a “lunation".
Detailed explanation-4: -Sometimes when the Moon orbits Earth, the Moon moves between the Sun and Earth. When this happens, the Moon blocks the light of the Sun from reaching Earth. This causes an eclipse of the Sun, or a solar eclipse. During a solar eclipse, the Moon casts a shadow onto Earth.