The solar eclipse or also called eclipse is caused by the moon covering the sun exactly or partially. The sun is 400 times larger than the moon, but the funny thing is that the sun is also 400 times farther away from the earth than the moon and therefore the moon can cover the sun completely.
A distinction is made between a core shadow und einem penumbra.
At the position on the earth, where the sun is completely covered, one speaks of a core shadow, this is however only some hundred kilometres broad.
But the penumbra becomes brighter and brighter towards the outside and does not cover the entire sun, but is thousands of kilometres wide and thus covers a quarter of the earth's surface.
The full moon always occurs once a month, that is 12 times a year. There it seems that the whole moon would shine and at night it is a little brighter than usual. There are also many rumours about the full moon.
The full moon is caused by the fact that the moon and the sun "stand" opposite to each other, which means that the earth is exactly between the sun and the moon. Thus, the side of the moon facing the earth is illuminated by the sun, and so it appears that the whole moon is shining.
The full moon is said to have an uplifting and concentrating effect on our body. At this time, the body is in rest mode as it regenerates our body and stores our energy. That is why some people feel they sleep worse when the moon is full.
Blood moon is one of the phenomena which is very interesting to look at because the moon looks blood red. But why is it red?
The blood moon occurs when the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon and when the Moon is in the Earth's umbra. The light from the sun is then scattered by the earth's atmosphere. The blue light is "scattered" more than the red light, so the blue light is completely "scattered away" and what remains is the red light, which then hits the moon.
Seen from the moon, the earth at blood moon looks like a red ring around it.
It is said that if you see a shooting star, you can quickly make a wish.
A shooting star is in reality only a meteorite, which is often only 1 millimeter large. This falls then up to 70 kilometers per second toward the earth. When it hits the earth's atmosphere, it heats up by friction so that it burns up, leaving behind a tracer. This is then the shooting star.
Sometimes many shooting stars appear. This is then because a comet (a comet is a kind of ice ball, in which stones / meteorites are) approaches the sun and melts, so these rocks come off and the comet leaves a trail of dust (with dust small meteorites are meant) and if then the earth crosses this dust trail, there are very many shooting stars.
