Solar eclipse occurs while the New Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth, covers out the Sunlight and throwing a shadow on Earth's Surface. There are 4 different types of solar eclipses. How much of the Sun's surface is eclipsed, the eclipse magnitude, depends on which portion of the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth surface. Partial solar eclipses, Annular solar eclipses, Total solar eclipses and Hybrid Solar Eclipses / annular-total eclipses these are the four types of solar eclipse.