In which position of the moon would you get a solar eclipse?
1 Answer
Dec 3, 2016
Earth-Moon-Sun alignment. It happens on a New Moon day.
Explanation:
Sun is hidden to a narrow surface band of the Earth by Moon, during
the solar eclipse. The Moon is nearer to the Earth and smaller.
Despite that the larger Sun is far away, the Moon's umbra ( shadow
cone ) does not sweep the surface of the Earth in every New Moon
day, for hiding the Sun. A near-perfect alignment
Earth----------Moon--------------------------------------------------------------Sun
is a prerequisite, for the occurrence of solar eclipse.