Eclipse — Hive

We've all seen or heard that an eclipse occurred and we wonder what's going on..... I'm here to enlighten you about it
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An eclipse happens when a planet passes between another planet, moon or the sun or when the moon passes between a planet or the sun. We have two types of eclipses:

*ECLIPSE OF THE SUN OR LUNAR ECLIPSE:

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The moon moves in a circular motion around our planet earth and earth orbits the sun. Sometimes the earth lines up directly between the sun and the moon and when that happens, earth blocks the light from the sun to the moon. This is an eclipse of the moon. It is called a lunar eclipse.
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During a lunar eclipse, we can see Earth’s shadow on the moon. When Earth completely blocks the sunlight, the moon looks red or orange. A lunar eclipse can last for a few hours. At least two lunar eclipses happen every year. this is when the moon stays directly between the sun and a planet causing every where to become dark

ECLIPSE OF THE MOON OR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE

At times when the moon goes around the earth, it lines up directly between the sun and Earth that causes the moon to block the light of the sun. This causes an eclipse of the sun, or a solar eclipse
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eclipse of the moon occurs only during the daytime. The daylight grows dim. Sometimes the moon blocks almost all parts of the sun it causes the daytime to look as dark as night during a solar eclipse...
Solar eclipses happen once every 18 months. It only last for a few minutes.