The moon phases are new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, and waning crescent. The moon does not have its own light it takes light from the sun. The solar eclipse is when the moon covers the sun completely. There are three types of lunar eclipse, penunbral ,partial and the total lunar eclipes. You olny see one side of the moon because the moon rotates so slow.There are craters in the moon that are so big they make a face on the moon.