Coming from the Greek "ekleipsis" which means "lack or disappearance" and is a phenomenon produced by an act that suddenly disappears due to the interposition of another in the visual trajectory. To simplify it is the alignment of the moon with the earth and the sun.
There are several types of eclipses:
Lunar eclipse: total or partial occultation of a star due to the interposition or the first passage of the shadow projected by another.
Solar eclipse: occurs when the moon hides the sun from the perspective of the earth. Of these there are three: partial, which does not cover the entire solar disk, total, the moon completely covers the sun, annular, is when the coverage is less and only the solar ring remains visible.
It is known that other eclipses can be seen on different planets such as Jupiter and Saturn, being equally impossible in others such as Mercury and Venus since they lack satellites. After many years, it is possible to predict eclipses in advance thanks to the calculation of orbits of the planet Earth and the Moon, including the difference in the type of eclipse that will take place. and as they are cyclical phenomena, this mostly facilitates their prediction.
The eclipse is possible when the moon is in its full phase or new moon since otherwise this phase would not be fulfilled or it would not be seen in its entirety. The eclipses that most attract tension worldwide are the totals which are most attractive.
