We recently saw the excitement of a total solar eclipse over Exmouth, Western Australia.
A total eclipse is when the sun, moon, and Earth are in a perfect line - called a syzygy. As the moon goes around the Earth every 29 days, the moon changes its position relative to the Earth and the sun.
As the moon goes through this movement, the way the moon looks, when it is lit by the sun or in darkness, changes and so does our view of it. This is known as the phases of the moon.
