Total Solar Eclipse April 8 2024
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Total solar eclipses occur when the New Moon comes between the Sun and Earth and casts the darkest part of its shadow, the umbra, on Earth. A full solar eclipse, known as totality, is almost as dark as night. … In partial and annularsolar eclipses, the Moon blocks only part of the Sun.