The Moon does not make its own light like a star. The Moon appears bright because it reflects light from the Sun. Like the Earth, half of the Moon faces towards the Sun, and half faces away from it.

You just have to be in the right place at the right time. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is positioned between Earth and the sun and casts a shadow over Earth. Solar eclipses only occur ...

(Partial solar eclipses occurs when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun to partially cover the sun, resulting in a crescent shape.) But people in 13 states – from West Virginia to Maine ...

The moon slipped between the Earth and the sun on Saturday, casting a shadow on our planet in parts of the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Russia and Africa. In Photos The moon ...