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When the sun is completely hidden behind the shadow of the moon it is a total solar eclipse
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When the sun is partly hidden behind the shadow of the moon it is a total solar eclipse
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When the moon is completely hidden behind the dark shadow of the earth it is a total solar eclipse
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When the moon is partly hidden behind the dark shadow of the earth it is a total solar eclipse
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Detailed explanation-1: -The shadow traces a path across the Earth. This path is called the path of totality. If you want to experience total darkness during an eclipse, you have to be right in this path of the moon’s shadow.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: False !!! Explanation: When the moon is hidden in the shadow of the earth than it is known as lunar eclipse not solar eclipse.
Detailed explanation-3: -In solar eclipse, the sun fully or partially covers the moon and the shadow of the moon falls on the earth and it becomes darker in the daytime.
Detailed explanation-4: -TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE: all of the Sun is hidden or eclipsed by the Moon. When the Moon’s dark umbral shadow sweeps across Earth’s surface, then a total eclipse of the Sun is seen. The track of the Moon’s shadow across Earth’s surface is called the Path of Totality.