--- title: Total Solar Eclipse: NASA Moon Trolls the Sun 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. canonical: https://time.com/4909998/solar-eclipse-nasa-moon-twitter-trolled-sun/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-21T22:29:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:30:25.184Z og:title: Moon Actually Blocks the Sun on During the Eclipse Online og:description: "Make way for the moon" og:url: https://time.com/4909998/solar-eclipse-nasa-moon-twitter-trolled-sun/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50e39a4effc97a2/6988da90e76ad294ee62ed23/solar-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Solar Eclipse og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Moon Actually Blocks the Sun on During the Eclipse Online twitter:description: "Make way for the moon" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50e39a4effc97a2/6988da90e76ad294ee62ed23/solar-eclipse3.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Moon Trolled the Sun Online During the Solar Eclipse Because This Is 2017 > Sponsored content. 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Named editors include Richard Hall (The Brief), Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs (Inside TIME), Eliza Berman (Worth Your Time), Philip Elliott (D.C. Brief), Justin Worland (Future Proof) and Harry Booth (In the Loop). Health Matters is written by TIME's health desk. #### How do I sign up for a TIME newsletter? Go to time.com/newsletters, choose the newsletters you want and enter your email address. There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=1cebb628-9464-4d03-a074-f1f60a6bea7a&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Watch the Whole Total Solar Eclipse in 4 Minutes [Watch (HLS stream): Watch the Whole Total Solar Eclipse in 4 Minutes](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/8eBLoRLZ.m3u8) (4:01)  _Published 2017-08-21. Millions of Americans turned their eyes skyward as a rare total solar eclipse sailed across the country from coast to coast for the first time, turning day into night in more than a dozen states. The eclipse ended just after 2:44 p.m. E.T._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 21, 2017 10:29 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 21, 2017 10:29 PM UTC As people across America geared up to watch the [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4900280/total-solar-eclipse-2017-video-watch/) Monday, Twitter was dominated by talk of the [moon](http://time.com/4909517/total-solar-eclipse-moon-shadow-video/) blocking out the [sun](http://time.com/4890397/solar-eclipse-damage-eyes-protect/). 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) tweeted alongside a screenshot of the blocked page. “Make way for the Moon.” However, [NASA Sun & Space](https://twitter.com/NASASun) wasn’t about to take that shade sitting down. “Uh, EXCUSE me?!?,” the account quickly fired back. Thankfully, [NASA Earth](https://twitter.com/NASAEarth) was there to make peace between the two, resulting in a 3:15 reversal of the stonewall. “Remember, [@NASASun](https://twitter.com/NASASun) and [@NASAMoon](https://twitter.com/NASAMoon), 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) ## Transcript [ BLANK_AUDIO ] ```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":"2026-10-08T09:30:25.184Z","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"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch the Whole Total Solar Eclipse in 4 Minutes","description":"Millions of Americans turned their eyes skyward as a rare total solar eclipse sailed across the country from coast to coast for the first time, turning day into night in more than a dozen states. 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