A solar eclipse is when the Moon blocks the Sun, casting a shadow on the Earth, and a lunar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the Sun, casting a shadow on the Moon.
What's happening, in that case, is that the sun is on one side of the Earth - the Earth is in the middle and the Earth is casting a shadow on the moon.
THEN THERE IS the complex political calculus in the U.S., where many of the members of Congress who are facing re-election on Nov.6 are less than enthusiastic about casting a vote on a controversial trade deal.
" I'll mix the salad myself, " he told the waiter in an off-hand and yet commanding way, and then, casting his eye once more on the bill of fare, generously: " And what about some asparagus to follow" ?
The Emirati President of the UN's COP28 climate summit has said he's surprised by what he called constant attempts to undermine his work after a leaked video showed him casting doubt on the science behind global warming.
After three years at drama school, each actor had a couple of three-minute scenes to impress a silent audience of agents and casting directors on their lunch hour.
Multiple revisions later, it has raised those figures to 100,000 and 189,000 respectively, casting doubt on whether the 2010 and 2011 swoons happened at all.