Lunar and Solar Eclipses
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The Moon
Lunar and SolarEclipses
An eclipse is the blocking out of sunlight or moonlight as one celestial body passes in front of another.Example: When the Sun, Moon, and Earth align with each other and cover up sunlight or moonlight.
What is an Eclipse?
There are two types:Solar EclipsesLunar Eclipses
The plane of the Moons orbit is tilted approximately 5 degrees in reference to the Sun.This means that the moon is either above or below the Sun-Earth orbit.
The Earth-Moon Orbit
The moon will cross over the Sun-Earth orbit twice (these locations are referred to as Nodes).Only twice a month is it possible for the sun, moon, and Earth to align in the correct way for an eclipse to occur.
The Earth-Moon Orbit
When the moon crosses either an ascending or descending node, it must be in either a full or new moon for an eclipse to be possible.
NEEDED INGREDIENTS: Moon on orbital node.Moon at either Full or New Moon.
The Earth-Moon Orbit
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