total eclipse
noun
: an eclipse in which one celestial body is completely obscured by the shadow or body of another
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Even during the partial phases of a total eclipse, the remaining sliver of the sun's disk is still bright enough to overwhelm the faint corona.
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Firefly's Blue Ghost spacecraft — which landed in the Sea of Crises on March 2 — took some spectacular images of a total solar eclipse (a total eclipse of the sun by Earth) as both a diamond ring and a glowing red ring of sunlight.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The surface of the moon will dim until the lunar eclipse reaches its peak at 11:58 p.m.
California stargazers can observe the total eclipse until 12:31 a.m.
After that, the moon will gradually become lighter until the lunar eclipse eventually ends around 3 a.m., according to Time and Date.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Before 2017, the contiguous USA did not see a total eclipse since 1979.
—Ryan French, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Firefly's Blue Ghost spacecraft — which landed in the Sea of Crises on March 2 — took some spectacular images of a total solar eclipse (a total eclipse of the sun by Earth) as both a diamond ring and a glowing red ring of sunlight.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
The surface of the moon will dim until the lunar eclipse reaches its peak at 11:58 p.m.
California stargazers can observe the total eclipse until 12:31 a.m.
After that, the moon will gradually become lighter until the lunar eclipse eventually ends around 3 a.m., according to Time and Date.
—Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
Before 2017, the contiguous USA did not see a total eclipse since 1979.
—Ryan French, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Total eclipse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/total%20eclipse. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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