An “annular eclipse” and a “total eclipse” are cool events when the moon moves in front of the sun, but they look different.
In an annular eclipse, the moon doesn’t cover the sun completely. Instead, it looks like a dark disk on top of a larger, bright disk, creating a “ring of fire” around the moon. This happens because the moon is a bit too far from Earth to cover the whole sun.
In a total eclipse, the moon covers the entire sun, and it gets dark, like nighttime during the day, for a little while. This happens when the moon is close enough to Earth to block the whole sun.
So, the big difference is whether you see a “ring of fire” (annular eclipse) or the sun gets completely hidden (total eclipse).
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An “annular eclipse” is when the moon moves in front of the sun but doesn’t cover it all the way. It leaves a bright circle, or “ring of fire,” around the edges. This happens because the moon is a little too far from us to cover the whole sun.
A “total eclipse” is when the moon covers the whole sun for a bit. It gets really dark, like night, in the middle of the day. This happens when the moon is close enough to us to block the entire sun.
So, the difference is: in an annular eclipse, you see a ring around the moon, and in a total eclipse, the moon makes it all dark.
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