Q&A: What's the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse?

Question by Dee: What's the difference between a solar and lunar eclipse?
I'm in 8th grade, taking Earth Science. Our homework is on eclipse's, and I really can't tell the difference between solar and lunar eclipses other than the fact that solar eclipse occur when the moon is new, and the lunar is when theres a full moon (I think!)
Any simpler terms on how they are different, when they occur ect. ?
The definitions online kind of confuse me.
Thanks1!


Best answer:
Answer by GeraldineA lunar eclipse can only occur at full moon and a solar eclipse can only occur at new moon. In a lunar eclipse, the total phase can last for a maximum of 1 hour and 40 minutes. The maximum time of a solar eclipse is 7 minutes 40 seconds. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and a lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon.

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