A total solar eclipse will sweep across North America on Monday, April 8, offering a spectacle for tens of millions of people ...

During a total lunar eclipse, shown here from Austria in 2018, the moon becomes bathed in a red hue. Bernd Thaller via Flickr ...

Unlike a total solar eclipse, part of the sun is still visible during a partial solar eclipse, so there is no darkening of the sky or visible solar corona.