#2816: Types of Solar Eclipse explain

[Nine diagrams of solar eclipses are shown in a 3x3 grid layout. The first three are all real solar eclipses, the rest are all fictitious.]

Caption: Types of Solar Eclipse

[The Sun is partially covered by a similarly sized Moon:] Partial

[The Sun is completely covered by a similarly sized Moon:] Total

[The Sun is partially covered by a slightly smaller Moon, surrounding its shadow:] Annular

[An oval ‘sun’ is mostly covered by a round Moon, except at the extremes of its distortions:] Oblate

[Sun partially covered by a similarly sized ‘moon’, except for a hole in this moon’s center:] Interior

[Sun partially covered by a square ‘moon’-shadow, turned by an arbitrary angle:] Cuboid

[2D ‘sun’ being intersected with a 2D ‘moon’ at a perpendicular angle:] Transverse

[Sun being partially obscured by a body that has a prominent multi-ring system:] Saturnian

[Moon is pinched at the sides by the Sun behind it, as if being grabbed:] Hug