What would you see if you were on the moon during a lunar eclipse?

Question

I am doing an assignment and one of my question is:

What would you see if you were on the moon during a lunar eclipse?

Can someone check my answer for me?

(also correct or add missing details)

My answer is:

Imagine that you are standing on the Moon when it is in a crescent phase. Because it's nearly new moon as seen from Earth, you would see nearly full Earth in your sky. Just as we can see at night by the light of the Moon, the light of Earth would illuminate your night moonscape. (In fact, because Earth is much larger than the Moon, the full Earth is much bigger and brighter in the lunar sky than the full moon is in Earth's sky.) This faint light illuminating the "dark" portion of the Moon's face is often called the ashen light or earthshine. This light enables us to see the outline of the full face of the Moon even when the Moon is not full.

Answer 1

Everything you say in your answer is correct--but the problem is, the conditions you describe are the opposite of what happens during a lunar eclipse.

A lunar eclipse happens when the moon is FULL, not when the moon is in its crescent phase.  It occurs when the earth is directly (or nearly directly) between the moon and the sun.  It occurs because the moon moves into the earth's shadow.

If you are in something's shadow, it means that the "something" is blocking some of the light that normally would fall upon you.  Keeping that in mind, imagine yourself standing on the moon when the earth is blocking some (or all) of the light that's coming from the sun.

Answer 2

During a lunar eclipse, the moon disappears because it enters the earth's shadow!  Therefore, on the moon, you see the earth between you and the sun.  It's a solar eclipse on the moon, with the earth doing the eclipsing of the sun.  

Answer 3

Well, personally, I don't believe that IS your answer.  I think it's somebody else's answer, and it isn't even an answer to this question. No, it's wrong.

Answer 4

A Lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is full, not new.  After the earth eclipses the sun, you would see what would normally be a sunsut on earth: a red glow along earth's edge, which is also what gives the moon its red color during a lunar eclipse.

Answer 5

I would assume that the sun would appearr to go behind the earth.