Why eclipses occur?

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The eclipses occur as a result of partial or total masking of a celestial body by another. This has resulted in a darkening of the body, caused because a second body is located between the first and the observer, or between it and its source of illumination. Solar eclipses occur when the moon passed in front of the sun, a shadow projected on the Earth. Although the moon is much smaller than the Sun, the diameters of the two celestial bodies as seen from Earth are similar. In cases where the apparent size of the lunar disk is smaller than the Sun and the satellite is located concentrically on it, the eclipse is called annular because the sight of a bright ring corresponding to the Sun, however, the eclipse of Sun is total in cases where the apparent disk of the moon is larger than the Sun and it ceases to be entirely from the Earth.

What are lunar eclipses?

are those that occur when land, located between the Sun and Moon, preventing sunlight from reaching the satellite, as a result of which it is obscured.

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