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We don't get a lunar eclipse (earth obscuring the sun to the moon) or a solar eclipse (moon obscuring the sun to earth) every month, since the alignment of the sun, moon and Earth is not exact enough. The moon sun and earth are not on the exact same plane, so most of the time when the moon passes in front of the sun, it is either too low or too high to cause a solar eclipse. The new moon passes `below` the sun or 'above' it rather than directly in front of it.

Its a similar story with a lunar eclipse, there is a higher chance of a lunar eclipse as the earth is larger than the moon, giving a larger target, but even with this in mind, the earth seen from the moon will either pass below the moon or above it most of the time.

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