total eclipse
noun
: an eclipse in which one celestial body is completely obscured by the shadow or body of another
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 June 2025
Has March's partial total eclipse left you craving another solar spectacle?
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 9 May 2025
Even during the partial phases of a total eclipse, the remaining sliver of the sun's disk is still bright enough to overwhelm the faint corona.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Firefly's Blue Ghost spacecraft — which landed in the Sea of Crises on March 2 — took some spectacular images of a total solar eclipse (a total eclipse of the sun by Earth) as both a diamond ring and a glowing red ring of sunlight.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 June 2025
Has March's partial total eclipse left you craving another solar spectacle?
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 9 May 2025
Even during the partial phases of a total eclipse, the remaining sliver of the sun's disk is still bright enough to overwhelm the faint corona.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Firefly's Blue Ghost spacecraft — which landed in the Sea of Crises on March 2 — took some spectacular images of a total solar eclipse (a total eclipse of the sun by Earth) as both a diamond ring and a glowing red ring of sunlight.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Total eclipse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/total%20eclipse. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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