Eclipse

 How does a solar and lunar eclipse happen eclipse happen?

A solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks the sunlight during the day and a lunar eclipse happens when the earth blocks the the sun from the moon at night.

What would we see in a solar and lunar eclipse?

For a lunar eclipse a full moon will fade away because earths shadow covers it up, the moon can also look a bit reddish. For a solar eclipse the sun would be completely hidden as the moon covers the sun for around 15 minutes.

Last one?

For solar eclipses the last one happened in 1965 unfortunately for New Zealand the path of the eclipse doesn't quite cross our path. For the lunar eclipse the last one that happened was in January 2019.

Next one?

The next solar eclipse for New Zealand will be in 2454 days on Saturday 07/22/2028. The next lunar eclipse in New Zealand will be in 8th of November in 2022.