Erin -

That's a very interesting question. During the eclipse, the corona is still

rather bright. The earth reflects about 30% (called its albedo) and then the

moon probably reflects about 30% as well. So one might expect that 10%

of the light to reflect back, except that the light would be spread over the

entire lunar surface. That would make it difficult to see with the corona so

much brighter.

- Peter