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Describe how a unique position of the sun , earth, and moon creates a lunar eclipse

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a eclipse of the sun can only occur at a new moon when the moon passes between earth and sun. If the moons shadow happens to fall upon earths surface at a time, you'll see some portion of the suns disk covered or aka eclipsed by the moon.. I hope that helps
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a eclipse of the sun can only occur at a new moon when the moon passes between earth and sun. If the moons shadow happens to fall upon earths surface at a time, you'll see some portion of the suns disk covered up.
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