Eclipses Vocabulary

during a solar eclipse the Moon is in this phase

• new moon

• full moon

• third quarter

• first quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the Earth's shadow completely covers the Moon as seen from Earth

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• total lunar eclipse

• total solar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when only part of the Moon's shadow covers the Earth

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• partial lunar eclipse

• partial solar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon

• eclipse

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• annular eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by the Earth or Moon

• penumbra

• umbra

• new moon

• eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the Moon completely covers the Sun as seen from Earth

• total lunar eclipse

• annular eclipse

• total solar eclipse

• eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by the Earth or Moon in a total eclipse

• penumbra

• eclipse

• solar eclipse

• umbra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination

• eclipse

• partial lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• annular eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the Moon is at its furthest point from Earth but passes directly in front of the Sun; causes a ring around the Moon

• eclipse

• solar eclipse

• annular eclipse

• lunar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when only part of the Earth's shadow covers the Moon

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• eclipse

• partial lunar eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1