A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, blocking out the sun's light.
There are four types of solar eclipses: total, partial, annular, and hybrid.
A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon completely blocks out the sun.
A partial solar eclipse occurs when the moon only blocks out part of the sun.
An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon is too far away from the Earth to completely block out the sun, so a ring of sunlight can still be seen around the moon.
A hybrid solar eclipse starts out as an annular eclipse and ends as a total eclipse.