--- description: As people across America geared up to watch the total solar eclipse Monday, Twitter was dominated by talk of the moon blocking out the sun. title: Moon Actually Blocks the Sun on During the Eclipse Online image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50e39a4effc97a2/6988da90e76ad294ee62ed23/solar-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Moon Trolled the Sun Online During the Solar Eclipse Because This Is 2017  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 21, 2017 10:29 PM CUT  The moon eclipses the sun above the campus of Southern Illinois University on August 21, 2017 in Carbondale, Illinois. The moon eclipses the sun above the campus of Southern Illinois University on August 21, 2017 in Carbondale, Illinois.Scott Olson/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Aug 21, 2017 10:29 PM CUT As people across America geared up to watch the [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4900280/total-solar-eclipse-2017-video-watch/ "undefined") Monday, Twitter was dominated by talk of the [moon](http://time.com/4909517/total-solar-eclipse-moon-shadow-video/ "undefined") blocking out the [sun](http://time.com/4890397/solar-eclipse-damage-eyes-protect/ "undefined"). So naturally the NASA accounts representing the two celestial bodies in question couldn’t resist getting in on the action. Around 1:15 p.m. — just as the eclipse was reaching totality in Oregon — NASA’s moon account blocked its sun counterpart on the social networking site. “HA HA HA I’ve blocked the Sun!” [NASA Moon](https://twitter.com/NASAMoon "undefined") tweeted alongside a screenshot of the blocked page. “Make way for the Moon.” However, [NASA Sun & Space](https://twitter.com/NASASun "undefined") wasn’t about to take that shade sitting down. “Uh, EXCUSE me?!?,” the account quickly fired back. Thankfully, [NASA Earth](https://twitter.com/NASAEarth "undefined") was there to make peace between the two, resulting in a 3:15 reversal of the stonewall. “Remember, [@NASASun](https://twitter.com/NASASun "undefined") and [@NASAMoon](https://twitter.com/NASAMoon "undefined"), in sunlight or in shadow, we love you both,” Earth wrote. See the full exchange below. > [](https://twitter.com/NASAMoon/status/899681358737539073) > [](https://twitter.com/NASASun/status/899684119025774592) > [](https://twitter.com/NASAMoon/status/899711536297586688) > [](https://twitter.com/NASAEarth/status/899682402124972032) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4909998/solar-eclipse-nasa-moon-twitter-trolled-sun/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4909998/solar-eclipse-nasa-moon-twitter-trolled-sun/"},"headline":"The Moon Trolled the Sun Online During the Solar Eclipse Because This Is 2017","datePublished":"2017-08-21T22:29:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:39.419Z","description":"\"Make way for the moon\"","url":"https://time.com/4909998/solar-eclipse-nasa-moon-twitter-trolled-sun/","keywords":["Newsfeed","NASA","viral","twitter","solar eclipse","Eclipse"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50e39a4effc97a2/6988da90e76ad294ee62ed23/solar-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50e39a4effc97a2/6988da90e76ad294ee62ed23/solar-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Solar Eclipse","caption":"The moon eclipses the sun above the campus of Southern Illinois University on August 21, 2017 in Carbondale, Illinois.","creditText":"Scott Olson/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4909998/solar-eclipse-nasa-moon-twitter-trolled-sun/","name":"The Moon Trolled the Sun Online During the Solar Eclipse Because This Is 2017"}}]}] ```