Compare the positions of the sun, moon, and the earth in a solar and lunar eclipse.
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In a solar eclipse, there is no light shining on a part of the earth, therefore the sun is being blocked by the moon.

In a lunar eclipse, there is no light shining on the moon, therefore the sun is being blocked by the earth.

As explained below.

Explanation:

The lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is located a the center of the sun and the moon and the sun rays are unable to reach the moon due to the earth creates a blocking effect and the moon remains to be the earth and this shadow that is failing form the earth on the moon can remain for about two hours. The solar eclipses are when the moon falls in direct line with the earth and the sun and thus blocks a part of the sun or partial eclipse or completed blocks the sun and forms a ring around it as a total solar eclipse.