Why Are Solar Eclipses Only Visible in Some Places?

[paggi93]

a very informative vid

[niposs]

that means we have solar eclipse everytime when the moon is on our side?

[SpitzerJim]

No. The moon's orbit is tilted slightly from Earth's orbit around the Sun, so we only get an eclipse when the Moon is new and the the orbits are also crossing. We explain that in a little more detail in our video called "What causes an eclipse of the Moon?"

[kakakkakashi]

now i understand!

[superfit33]

The earth is standing still, the sun and moon revolve around the earth every day. The penumbra always travels from west to east in approximately six hours. If the earth were spinning from west to east, the shadow would travel in the opposite direction. Also, if it took the moon 29.5 days to orbit, the eclipse would last 7 days. Also, looking at the sun during an eclipse, the moon passes from right to left, but is always travelling the other direction at every other time.

[Blondets1]

There is something you left out like the fact that the moon's orbit is offset from the the plane of the ecliptic The reason for an eclipse is that at set times the moon crosses the plane of the eclipse either in front of the sun or behind the earth for the lunar eclipse.

[orrestrnden]

the earth is tanding still ... gimme a break

[azaquihel]

weird i get to see two at my country but i think one was not total

[adsonkool]

nice

[enattila]

OMG this is not English

[GorillaDude94]

wow she was hot..............(sarcasm)

[vanessa0869]

its only visable in some places becuz the hole world cant see it oh also becuz it moves to diffrent places like revolving or rotating

[Tizronell]

I witnessed it once when i was small(even though i was standing in a penumbra),it was a bit scary actually...

[RoCkErOtAkU]

great...when is the next amertican total solar eclipse? specifically Puerto Rico

[glb310]

Great presentation. Thanks!

[edgarok75]

I fell in love

[gutt1717]

lol

[malibu2001]

Can i plz see you?

[1michael4]

Terrific. Nice real photos and great graphics.

[sureno5138]

can u plz contact me thank :]

[sureno5138]

yup pritty cool how about a lunar eclipse a lunar eclipse is when the earth goes between the sun and moon why does it do that?

[vanessa0869]

becuz it rotastes or revolves (im not realy good about remebring witch one) anyways it lands in the place in the night so the shadow will clear it off then itll come back ornage

[artimisprincess]

cool, cool

[metricfoot]

cool..

[mymessup]

u rule

[johnjoritson]

nice.

[ebrown405]

Thanks for the great info! ;)

[SpitzerJim]

You're welcome!