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Partial Solar Eclipse 2024

NASA explains that a partial solar eclipse happens when the sun, moon, and Earth are not perfectly aligned as the moon passes between the sun and Earth. Only the moon covers part of the sun during this eclipse, giving it a crescent shape.

NASA explains that a partial solar eclipse happens when the sun, moon, and Earth are not perfectly aligned as the moon passes between the sun and Earth. Only the moon covers part of the sun during this eclipse, giving it a crescent shape.