Saturday, November 3, 2012

If you were standing on the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, what would you see looking up at the sun?


Question by Mark: If you were standing on the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, what would you see looking up at the sun?
[Recall what it means to be standing in the umbra vs standing in the penumbra]
Choose one answer.
A. A total solar eclipse, but we’d see the reddish ring from Earth’s atmosphere.
B. An annular solar eclipse.
C. A partial solar eclipse.
D. No eclipse at all.
E. It depends where on the Moon you are standing.


Best answer:
Answer by gintableE. It depends where on the Moon you are standing.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

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