AST101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Northern Hemisphere, Lunar Eclipse

• School: UTSG
• Department: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Course: AST101H1
• Professor: Bryan Gaensler

Document Summary

Causes sunlight to fall differently on earth at different times. The sun is higher in the sky in june/july in the northern hemisphere (but lower in the. The northern hemisphere is tipped toward the sun in june and away from the sun in of year. Moment when the northern hemisphere goes from being tipped slightly away from the. View from the equator: sun rises in the east, goes directly overhead, and sets in the. Sunlight falls less directly on the northern hemisphere, southern hempishere receives. Gets less full and sets later each day. When it"s closest (moon bigger than usual) during a full moon. In a full lunar eclipse, the moon is darker and red. Part of the moon passes through umbra. Shadow of the earth covers part of the moon. Moon covers up a small area of the earth"s surface.