Solar eclipse
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solar-eclipse-170-12996507
title:
Solar eclipse
text:
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs approximately every six months, during the eclipse season in its new moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of Earth's orbit. In a total eclipse, the disk of the Sun is fully obscured by the Moon. In partial and annular eclipses, only part of the Sun is obscured. Unlike a lunar eclipse, w
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encyclopedia
description:
Natural phenomenon wherein the Sun is obscured by the Moon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse
date created:
2001-10-18T16:41:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:57:49Z
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