A solar eclipse occurs when a portion of the
Earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by
the Moon
which fully or
partially blocks sunlight. This occurs when the Sun
, Moon
and Earth
are aligned. Such alignment coincides with a new
moon (syzygy
) indicating the Moon is
closest to the ecliptic plane
, 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
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