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Originally Posted by KaBoom1701
This might be a stupid question...
What planet or moon caused the eclispe?
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our moon..
a Solar Eclipse is when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun on the same (or close to the same) plane as your location.. This one was a 44% partial viewable from most of the Western U.S., as such the Moon was not quite on the same plane as our location, it was offset by a few degrees, causing only a partial coverage of the Sun..
A Lunar Eclipse is when the Earth passes between the Sun and moon on the same (or close to) plane as your location:
We have been fortunate enough to have both this year in the SoCal area, an event that won't occur again for about 70 more years.
understand that the orbit of the moon is not circular, it's elliptical and it wobbles a bit, so it constantly varies as to its location and distance in relation to Earth..