The new moon rises with the sun, which is why it cannot be seen. The full moon rises as the sun sets. Watch for the moon to rise about 50 minutes later each day. Meteor showers occur as the earth, on its orbit around the sun, passes through the debris of stones left by passing comets. A meteorite is a stone falling to earth and originating from the asteroid belt, or other orbital debris in the solar system.
Iron meteorites are almost all metal, a nickel-iron alloy.
Some contain silicate or iron sulfide. The great Islamic Kabbah, the holy shrine in Saudi Arabia, contains a meteorite that believers claim the angel Gabriele hurled to earth as a gift from heaven. Hurry, tours are already full and with waiting lists. The lunar eclipse occurs as the full moon sweeps through the earth's shadow in its orbit around earth. First it passes the lighter penumbra shadow, then the full umbra of the earth.