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Lunar Eclipse VS Moon Phase

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Question 1 :
A total lunar eclipse had been watched from Europe and the Americas on May 15 - 16, 2003.
What was that moon age?

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Age of the Moon on 15th
　

Question 2 :

During what Moon phase could there be a Lunar eclipse?

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Question 3 :

The left image is during the Lunar eclipse. The moon was eclipsed about 60%.
The right image is the moon phase that the moon age 22 is. (Nearly a waning moon.)
What is the difference between the " Lunar eclipse" and the "Moon phase"?

Lunar Eclipse : May 15, 2003	Moon Age 22 : January 24, 2003

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Question 4 :

A big circle can be drawn when the eclipsing edge is extended.
What do you think this big circle is?

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Question 5 :

Explain why the Lunar eclipse occur.
Draw a picture and describe what happens between the Sun, the Earth and the Moon during the lunar eclipse.

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