What Is the Length of Time from a New Moon to the Next New Moon?

Eclipses

What is the length of time from a new moon to the next new moon?

•______Earth days

•Moon rotates and revolves around the Earth every ______days

•Since Earth is revolving it takes an extra ______Earth days for the sun, ______and Earth to line up, causing the next new moon

How large is the angle between Earth’s orbit and the moon’s orbit?

•The angle between Earth’s orbit and the orbit of the moon is ______

When does an eclipse occur?

•In the rare occasion when the moon or Earth becomes directly ______the sun and the other one and casts a ______on that object

The two types of eclipses are ______& ______.

Solar Eclipses

•A ______eclipse occurs when the moon comes directly between the sun and ______

•The ______blocks Earth from sunlight and cast a ______

•Earth’s sky becomes darker and you can only see the ______of the sun

At what phase of the moon could a solar eclipse occur?

•A ______moon when the moon becomes directly between the ______and Earth

•The darkest part of the moon’s shadow is called the ______.

Why are the people in the umbra the only ones that experience a total solar eclipse?

•The ______is the ______part of the of the moon’s shadow

•People who are in the ______are in the darkest part of the shadow where the moon is almost completely blocking ______from reaching Earth, except for the sun’s ______

Penumbra

•The ______less dark shadow cast by the ______during a solar eclipse and by Earth during a ______eclipse is called the ______

Lunar Eclipses

What is a lunar eclipse?

•A ______eclipse occurs when Earth comes directly between the sun and ______

•Earth blocks the ______from sunlight and cast a ______

•The ______turns a red/orange color

What is the difference between the umbra and penumbra?

•The ______is in the area of ______darkness

•The ______is the area of ______darkness

Why do lunar eclipses occur only at full moon?

•Earth must come ______the sun and the moon during a lunar eclipse; this only happens during the ______moon phase.

What causes solar and lunar eclipses?

•When the ______shadow hits Earth or ______shadow hits the moon, an ______occurs.

•Eclipses occur when the moon’s orbit which is ______becomes in line with the ______, moon and Earth and they all line up ______

Which type of eclipse are you most likely to see?

•You are more likely to see a ______eclipse because the ______of a ______eclipse is so small, that only a few locations can see the total solar eclipse.

•The ______of the ______eclipse can be seen from ______the moon is visible from Earth.

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