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Lunar
Eclipse
Diya, Rishabh,
Nithila
Learning Objectives :
1 2 3
Understand what Learn about the Discover the
lunar eclipses are and different types of lunar differences between
why they occur eclipses solar and lunar eclipses
Learning Objectives :
4 5 6
Hear some interesting End with a quiz and an
Predicting lunar
fun facts about lunar activity to test your
eclipses.
eclipses. knowledge.
Prepare for
liftoff...
There are 2 kinds of eclipses:
Lunar Solar
Eclipse Eclipse
WHAT IS A LUNAR
ECLIPSE?
Lunar Eclipse:
It occurs when the Earth
moves between the Sun
and Moon. The Earth blocks
the light from the Sun and
casts a shadow onto
Moon.
THE TYPES
OF LUNAR ECLIPSE:
Types of
Lunar Eclipse:
Let’s look at 2 kinds of Lunar Eclipses:
1 Total Lunar Eclipse
2 Partial Lunar Eclipse
1
Total Lunar
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the
Sun, Earth, and Moon align perfectly,
Eclipse
causing the Moon to appear red as
Earth's atmosphere filters sunlight.
Partial
A partial lunar eclipse occurs when the
Sun, Earth, and Moon are not perfectly
Lunar Eclipse aligned, causing Earth's shadow to darken
part of the Moon.
2
SIMILARITIES
Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse
They both happen when Earth, the Moon and the Sun line up.
They both can be seen on Earth.
They both happen when one celestial body moves into the shadow of another.
DIFFERENCES
Solar Eclipse vs Lunar Eclipse
The Moon is between The Earth is between
the Earth and the Sun POSITION
the Moon and the Sun
White-ish Reddish
COLOURS
Hollow sphere APPEARANCE
Round and full
Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani
193 2-3
Lunar DAYS TIMES
eclipses by
The next total lunar Lunar eclipses could
eclipse this year. happen 2-3 times a
year.
the 106.6 -273
numbers
MINUTES DEGREES CELSIUS
The longest recorded The temperature of the
lunar eclipse in human moon during a lunar
history! eclipse.
HOW DO WE
PREDICT
ECLIPSES?
Predicting eclipses:
1 To understand how Earth and the 2 3
Moon move around the Sun, Using math, they figure out how
Scientists then feed the current
scientists need to figure out how things move in space--they also
positions and speeds of Earth
their shapes and movements affect consider how big the celestial
and the Moon into these
each other. They use gravity to help bodies are and how they're not
complex equations.
them understand how everything perfect circles.
fits together.
They program a computer to figure out where the Eclipses are specific arrangements of the Sun,
4 Moon and Sun are in the sky when we look up from
5 Moon, and Earth that can be identified by the
Earth. They can do this by making the computer think computer--and they're really good at predicting
about time and how things move forward or backward. them! They can even tell you exactly when an
This helps them figure out where the Moon and Sun eclipse will start and end, even if it's hundreds of
are in the sky compared to each other. years from now!
FUN FACTS!
FACT 1 FACT 3
Every lunar eclipse
The Moon turns red
looks different; no
during an eclipse!
two are the same!
FACT 2
If you look at earth during
a total lunar eclipse from
the moon, you’d see a
glowing red ring around it!
LET’S WATCH A
VIDEO TO
RECAP!
TIME FOR A QUIZ ON
ECLIPSES!
Why does the moon turn How often do lunar
red during a total lunar eclipses occur?
eclipse?
Every month
Due to dust on the Moon
Because of Earth's atmosphere Every 5 years
scattering sunlight
Every century
The Moon’s surface heats up
2-3 times a year
It absorbs sunlight
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"Lunar Eclipses" When does a lunar
Which best describes it? eclipse occur?
The Sun comes in between the moon
During a half moon
and the Earth
During a new moon
The Earth comes in between the Sun
and the Moon
During a full moon
The Moon comes in between the
Earth and the Sun Anytime in the month
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