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Choose the answer that best describes a DIFFERENCE between Solar and Lunar Eclipses.

a
The penumbral shadow is cast on a part of Earth in a partial eclipse.
b
The umbral shadow is associated with a total eclipse.
c
When the Sun is opposite the Moon, an entire half of the Earth can view an eclipse.
d
They're rare because the alignment of Earth/Moon/Sun is tilted by about 5 degrees

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The name tells you what gets darker when the eclipse happens. In a solar eclipse, the sun gets darker. In a lunar eclipse, the moon gets darker.

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