Types
of eclipses
Solar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse
We
view the illuminated object
and watch it go dark.
Everyone on one side of the
Earth can see the Moon – so a given lunar eclipse
is visible to many people.
We view the illuminating object
(the Sun) and see it blocked out.
Only a few people are in the
right place to be in the shadow.
It is “coincidence” that
the umbra just barely reaches earth.
From our text: Horizons, by Seeds