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Use the Venn Diagram to compare and contrast solar and lunar eclipses.

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From our perspective on Earth, two types of eclipses occur: lunar, the blocking of the Moon by Earth's shadow, and solar, the obstruction of the Sun by the Moon. ... When Earth passes directly between Sun and Moon, its shadow creates a lunar eclipse.
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