Expert: Paul Wagner - 7/9/2010

Question
Some websites show that we are due for a lunar eclipse on July 11th 2010, others do not. We are also scheduled for a New Moon on that date.
My question is how can we have lunar eclipse on the same day as a New Moon if their is no moon visible

Answer
hi Richard

It's a solar eclipse on the 11th--not a lunar eclipse.  During the new moon, the moon passes between the sun and the earth.  And in this case its path will take it directly between the two---covering up the sun for certain parts of the earth.

Here's a link to the wikipedia page that explains more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_July_11,_2010

Paul Wagner