by Brian.Neudorff
Question by : During our earthly lunar eclipse, would a hypothetical moon resident see a complete or partial solar eclipse?
A lunar eclipse is seen when the Earth passes between the Sun and our Moon. Is the size and positioning of the Earth between those two bodies sufficient enough to also block the Sun completely from the Moon's view, or would a moon resident see only a partial eclipse (or "black hole sun")?
Best answer:
Answer by DLMThe earth is certainly large enough to block out the entire sun as viewed from the moon... but because the earth and moon have slightly different inclinations, some of these eclipses would be viewed as "partial" fromthe moon, as the earth might only graze, say, the southern or norther portion of the disc of the sun.
There would be no annular eclipses of the sun as seen from the moon.
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
During our earthly lunar eclipse, would a hypothetical moon resident see a complete or partial solar eclipse?
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