Last night there was a lunar eclipse but the night before and tonight it is almost a full moon, how does that work?

Question

I understand there are normal phases where the moon is partially covered by the Earth’s shadow, how can it be completely covered one night and full the nights before and after? What happens during an eclipse where the moon can go through all the phases in a few hours, and then go back to full tonight and normal decreasing/increasing phases each night?

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Answer 1

The moon’s phases are its own shadow… Not the Earth’s. When the moon is up in day time hold a ball up online with it from your view, the ball and the moon will have the same phase.
An eclipse occurs when the earth is between the moon and sun and so from earth it’ll be fully illuminated