The sun shines.

The Earth revolves around the sun, which is a star. The moon orbits the Earth, so it's not as close to the sun as we are.

A solar eclipse occurs on Earth when, during new moons, the Earth moves between the moon and sun aligning with its shadow passing over an area of land.

Each year, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. A solar eclipse happens only when it crosses the Earth's shadow.

The solar year consists of 365 days, which is about one degree of arc measured from 330 to 339.4 km above Earth's surface, or 24 seconds of arc compared to our time (1) day (365-24 = 365 days).

In the Northern Hemisphere, during the summer, the sun rises in the east, passes over head and sets in the west. In winter it rises in the east and sets very low on the northwest horizon.

If one looks at a part of a circle or oval divided into twelve equal parts, it is called a "clock." All clocks have what is called a "lunar cycle." A lunar cycle has 29½ days. By adding 12 of those lunar cycles there is 354 days.