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title: "What causes solar and lunar eclipses?"  
description: "What causes solar and lunar eclipses?"  
author: "Talha Butt"  
published: 2026-11-08  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/119824/what-causes-solar-and-lunar-eclipses  
category: "science"  
tags: ["solar eclipse", "lunar eclipse", "Moon shadow", "astronomy"]  

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# What causes solar and lunar eclipses?




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