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What is a lunar eclipse?

What is a lunar eclipse? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when the Earth casts a shadow over the Moon.
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The full Moon will pass through the Earth's shadow, producing a total lunar eclipse.
Less than six months after the lunar eclipse in May, the Moon will again undergo total eclipse, this time on the 8th.
The earth's roundness can be seen as a shadow on the moon during a lunar eclipse.
That is why in a total lunar eclipse the Moon appears a dark reddish-brown.
They'll be more cosmically significant than the lunar eclipse that hung hauntingly over Busch Stadium on Wednesday night.
A lunar eclipse occurs at full moon when the Moon crosses the ecliptic in opposition to the Sun.

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