The total (total eclipse ) or partial (partial eclipse ) obscuring of light from a celestial body as it passes behind or through the shadow of another body. A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, earth, and moon are in a straight line and the shadow of the earth falls on the moon. A solar eclipse occurs when the shadow of the moon falls on the earth. See illustrations.
Solar and lunar eclipses
Moon's shadow in solar eclipse
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