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Name: dewayne t halfen
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If you were on the moon and a lunar eclipse happened on the Earth would you see a solar eclipse on the moon?

Replies:
YES!! very good question!

When you see a lunar eclipse, what you are seeing is the earth's shadow moving across the face of the moon, so if you were on the moon, you would indeed see a total solar eclipse. Now try to figure out what you would see if you were on the moon when a solar eclipse was happening on the earth (remember that the eart h is bigger than the moon...)

Hawley


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