Eclipse of the Sun and Moon

Hi friends, according to astronomers, a solar eclipse occurs tomorrow, on 21 May 2012. This is the first solar eclipse occurred in 2012 fren. Want to know what and how the eclipse of the sun, let's see the article about the eclipse of the sun and the moon follows.

  The process of solar and lunar eclipses
The eclipse is the sun or the moon closed suddenly. The eclipse can be divided into two, namely the lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse.

Lunar eclipse occurs because sunlight toward the moon blocked the earth. Because sunlight leads to the earth, the earth was formed behind the shadow, the shadow of total (umbra) and a dim shadow (penumbra). Total lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is in the umbra region. If the moon is in the penumbra, the eclipse happens is that a lunar eclipse or eclipse parisal part. Lunar eclipse occurs at night time. The occurrence of a lunar eclipse can be seen in the following figure. If we look at the picture below, a lunar eclipse occurs when the position of the Sun - Earth - Moon are in a line.   Now, if a solar eclipse occurs when moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. Earth's umbra in the area will experience a total solar eclipse, while those in the Earth's penumbra will experience partial solar eclipses (partial). Solar eclipse occurs in the daytime. The process of solar eclipse can be seen in the following figure. We see that the position of the Sun - Moon - Earth is in a straight line.