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The geometric plane that contains the earth's orbit around the sun and the geometric plane that contains the moon's orbit around the earth are not the same plane. The plane of the moon's orbit is tilted compared with the plane of earth's orbit. If the two planes were co-planar (if they overlapped perfectly) then there would be a lunar eclipse every month.

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