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What happens during a lunar eclipse

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Lunar eclipses cast a shadow on the moon to Earth's location. see idk if this is right so yah just guess hope this is helping

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the moon lies behind Earth , as the Sun, Earth and Moon are closely aligned, the Earth casts a complete shadow to the Moon.

Step-by-step explanation:

A lunar eclipse takces place once the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow. This can occur given that Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or pretty close aligned , as Earth lieas between the other two. When this happens, a total lunar eclipse forms, Earth completely is blocking sunlight from reaching the Moon.

Therefore, during a lunar eclipses, different tides occur. During the moon's quarter phases the sun and moon work at right angles, causing the changes seen in tides. This resulting in a smaller difference between higher and lower tides and is known as a neap tide. See image below:

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