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When the Moon is the same direction in the sky as the Sun, the lunar phase is the Note that the Moon does not cross right in front of the Sun and cause a solar eclipse every time it is at this phase because of the orientation of the orbital plane of the Moon being different, askew, from the orbital plane of the Earth around the Sun. The orbital plane of the Moon is inclined ("tilted") at an angle of slightly over 5⁰ from the plane, which is the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun

When the Moon is the same direction in the sky as the Sun, the lunar phase is the Note that the Moon does not cross right in front of the Sun and cause a solar eclipse every time it is at this phase because of the orientation of the orbital plane of the Moon being different, askew, from the orbital plane of the Earth around the Sun. The orbital plane of the Moon is inclined ("tilted") at an angle of slightly over 5⁰ from the plane, which is the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun

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When the Moon is the same direction in the sky as the Sun, the lunar phase is the Note that the Moon does not cross right in front of the Sun and cause a solar eclipse every time it is at this phase because of the orientation of the orbital plane of the Moon being different, askew, from the orbital plane of the Earth around the Sun. The orbital plane of the Moon is inclined ("tilted") at an angle of slightly over 5° from plane, which is the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun the (starts with e). These two orbital planes intersect along a line called the line of nodes. The orientation of the line of nodes gradually swings around and from time to time, by coincidence, becomes aligned straight between the Sun and the Earth at the same time the Moon is in this phase. On those occasions, the Moon passes in front of the Sun, as seen from Earth, and causes a solar eclipse.
Transcribed Image Text:When the Moon is the same direction in the sky as the Sun, the lunar phase is the Note that the Moon does not cross right in front of the Sun and cause a solar eclipse every time it is at this phase because of the orientation of the orbital plane of the Moon being different, askew, from the orbital plane of the Earth around the Sun. The orbital plane of the Moon is inclined ("tilted") at an angle of slightly over 5° from plane, which is the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun the (starts with e). These two orbital planes intersect along a line called the line of nodes. The orientation of the line of nodes gradually swings around and from time to time, by coincidence, becomes aligned straight between the Sun and the Earth at the same time the Moon is in this phase. On those occasions, the Moon passes in front of the Sun, as seen from Earth, and causes a solar eclipse.
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