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West La College Solar Eclipse Astronomy Questions

 

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1. A total solar eclipse lasts on the order of ____________ while a total lunar eclipse lasts on the order of ____________.

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2. In the northern hemisphere, as the moon progresses through the phases in order from new moon, the moon begins to illuminate from the ___________ side, and begins to darken from the __________ side.

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3. A total solar eclipse allows us to study the Sun’s _______________

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4. The phase of the moon we see depends on from what _____________ the sunlight’s hitting it, and the _____________ we see that from Earth.

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5 Assuming an average day lasts 12 hours, and an average night lasts 12 hours, what time is it when the full moon reaches its highest position in the sky (halfway between rising and setting – AKA crossing the meridian)?

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6. Every year the Moon moves farther away from Earth.

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