The Moon Casts a Shadow - NASA
On October 14, 2023, the Moon aligned with the Sun and Earth to produce an annular solar eclipse. The spectacle bathed millions of Americans in a lunar shadow as the Moon blocked the Sun’s rays.
The Moon's shadow darkens a portion of the Earth's surface - NASA
iss070e003785 (Oct. 14, 2023) — The Moon passes in front of the sun casting its shadow, or umbra, and darkening a portion of the Earth’s surface during the annular solar eclipse. The International Space Station was soaring 260 miles above the U.S.-Canadian border as this picture was taken pointing southward toward Texas.
What You Need to Know about the Lunar Eclipse - Moon: NASA …
May 2, 2022 · A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. In a total lunar eclipse, the entire Moon falls within the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, called the umbra.
Total Solar Eclipse Darkens North America - NASA Earth …
Apr 9, 2024 · As millions of people looked up at the Sun during the total solar eclipse, a sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite kept its gaze fixed on Earth and collected imagery of the Moon’s shadow over the United States.
Darkened by the Moon’s Shadow - NASA Earth Observatory
Oct 18, 2023 · The spectacle bathed millions of Americans in a lunar shadow as the Moon blocked the Sun’s rays. An annular eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far from Earth to completely obscure it.
NASA SVS | Flying Around The 2024 Eclipse Shadow
Nov 13, 2023 · The virtual camera flies from the night side of the Earth and Moon to the day side, revealing the path of the Moon's shadow during the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse. The umbra sweeps across the surface at more than 1500 miles (2400 kilometers) per hour along the path of totality, shown in red.
An EPIC View of the Moon’s Shadow During the June 10 Solar Eclipse - NASA
Jul 21, 2021 · In this image, taken June 10, 2021, the blurry dark brown spot over the Arctic is a shadow cast by our Moon during a solar eclipse. This photograph was captured by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a camera and telescope which sits aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite (DSCOVR). DSCOVR orbits a point of ...
Moon’s Shadow on Earth During Solar Eclipse - NASA
Apr 8, 2014 · During a solar eclipse, the moon casts a large shadow onto Earth's surface. Image Credit: Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
The Moon's Permanently Shadowed Regions - Moon: NASA …
Mar 6, 2013 · Deep in the craters of the Moon's south pole lurk permanently shadowed regions: areas that have not seen sunlight in over two billion years.
Moon Shadow - NASA
Sep 26, 2019 · Jupiter’s volcanically active moon Io casts its shadow on the planet in this dramatic image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. As with solar eclipses on the Earth, within the dark circle racing across Jupiter’s cloud tops one would witness a …