However, this example of legal political patronage can very easily become an example of corruption. If, while campaigning for governor, the candidate asked for someone's support in exchange for a position in his or her administration, this would be an act of illegal patronage.
A solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks the sun from the earth, and a lunar eclipse when the earth blocks the sun from the moon. Because the apparent diameter (how big it looks) of the moon is about the same as the sun, the alignment of the earth, moon and sun have to be almost perfect for a solar eclipse to occur.
Total eclipses occur when the Moon and Earth line up perfectly with the Sun. During a solar eclipse, the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, hiding the Sun on a small area of Earth. During a lunar eclipse, the full Moon moves into Earthâs shadow and is blacked out. Moon and Earth, tied together by gravitational attraction, revolve as a double planet. The gravitational force of the Moon, and to a lesser extent the Sun, raises the ocean tides on Earth.