As seen from the Earth, a
solar
eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between
the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the Sun. This can
happen only at new moon, when the Sun and the Moon are in conjunction as seen
from Earth in an alignment referred to as syzygy. 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. If the Moon were in a perfectly circular orbit, a
little closer to the Earth.
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