When are you able to see a lunar eclipse from the earth?

First, a Lunar eclipse occurs when the earth comes between the sun and the moon and the earth's shadow crosses the face of the moon. This only can happen when the moon is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. This is the normal time of the month when the Full Moon would occur. We observe a full moon on the earth when the sun lights the entire face of the moon that we see from earth. For us to see the moon fully illuminated from earth (a Full Moon), the moon would have to be on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. With the moon in any other position, we would only see a partially lit moon and the earth's shadow would not cross the face of the moon causing an eclipse.

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Bank-Robber

When the Full Moon big and bright!!!!

Susan Lake-Harris

Ooops - I knew what I meant but hit the wrong thing... Oh well!

Donna Smith

Missed it

Vaughan Smith

I see trouble on the way. Don't go out tonight, . . .

Cheryl McMeekin

Easy peasy

Jannie

During a full moon everyone knows that!!!!!

Todd Van Dell

Lisa Rodrigues, New Moon is also a slight misnomer, because the New Moon exists when we cannot see the moon at all, so it appears as though there is no moon. Technically, New Moon should really be called No Moon. Also. For any Flat Earthers who might be playing these games, if you watch a lunar eclipse, only a round, spherical/spheroidal-shaped Earth can cause a lunar eclipse. That fact alone, ALL BY ITSELF, completely disproves your Flat Earth theory. Oh. And the fact that EVERY OTHER PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, PLUS THE SUN, OUR MOON, AND ALL THE MOONS AROUND ALL THE OTHER PLANETS, ARE ALL SPHERES. SO WHY WOULD ONLY OUR PLANET BE FLAT, WHEN THE REST OF THE PLANETS, MOONS, AND OUR SUN ARE NOT FLAT? Correct. It would NOT be. It follows all the other occupants in our solar system/galaxy. It's not perfectly round, but it is a sphere, and it IS spinning at about 1008 mph. Whether you choose to believe that or not, those are irrefutable facts. I'll climb down from my soapbox now.

earlepg

One of my good guesses.

dsneed

tesla alset, 👍

dsneed

tesla alset, Do your thang, it's what you gotta do ...

dsneed

Of course. Yay me.

jack patti go

Witnessed ot in our backyard, a few years ago!

Lisa Rodrigues

Corey Taylor, WRONG. Difference Between Lunar Eclipse And New Moon. Lunar Eclipse occurs when the earth comes between the sun and the moon in such a way that it blocks the sun's rays completely from reaching the moon. New moon is the phase of the moon during its monthly orbit when the moon lies between the sun and the earth.