history: I love solar eclipses, but they are so rare. Have you seen one?
knowledge: This can happen only at new moon when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy.
response: I have not but I understand it is when the Moon and Sun are in conjunction when seen from Earth.
history: I love solar eclipses, but they are so rare. Have you seen one?
I have not but I understand it is when the Moon and Sun are in conjunction when seen from Earth.
Is there a specific time of year they happen most?
knowledge: In astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude.
response: That I can't say though there is the new moon, which would be the 1st lunar phase. That's when the Sun and Moon have equal ecliptic longitude.
history: I love solar eclipses, but they are so rare. Have you seen one?
I have not but I understand it is when the Moon and Sun are in conjunction when seen from Earth.
Is there a specific time of year they happen most?
That I can't say though there is the new moon, which would be the 1st lunar phase. That's when the Sun and Moon have equal ecliptic longitude.
Is there anything else interesting you know about them?
knowledge: If the Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital plane, there would be total solar eclipses every new moon.
response: If the new Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital plane, there would be total solar eclipses every new moon.
history: I love solar eclipses, but they are so rare. Have you seen one?
I have not but I understand it is when the Moon and Sun are in conjunction when seen from Earth.
Is there a specific time of year they happen most?
That I can't say though there is the new moon, which would be the 1st lunar phase. That's when the Sun and Moon have equal ecliptic longitude.
Is there anything else interesting you know about them?
If the new Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a little closer to the Earth, and in the same orbital plane, there would be total solar eclipses every new moon.
Neat! How often do total solar eclipse's happen?
knowledge: In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon.
response: I'm not aware of the number but the Sun's disk is completely covered by the moon during a total eclipse.