Solar eclipse. View of the partial phase before a solar eclipse. Here, the dark disc of the Moon is covering nearly half of the Sun's disc. A solar ec

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Solar eclipse. View of the partial phase before a solar eclipse. Here, the dark disc of the Moon is covering nearly half of the Sun's disc. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, hiding all or part of the Sun for viewers on Earth. A total eclipse is one where the disc of the Moon completely covers the Sun's disc. This happens when the Moon is close to the Earth in its orbit. There is a solar eclipse about every 18 months, but totality is only visible from a long, narrow band.

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Photo credit: © PROFESSOR JAY PASACHOFF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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