The Moon does not orbit directly in line with the orbit of the earth around the sun. The orbit has a slight tilt, know as inclination, of about 5 degrees. Also, the earth does not rotate exactly exactly aligned with the sun or the moon. And each rotation has a different speed or period. So there is only two points every year when a solar eclipse will occur somewhere. Every year there will be at least two solar eclipses, although when the Moon catches the point at just the right time there can be up to three eclipses in the same season, but in different places. This only happens once every 233 years or so.
The Earth orbits around the Sun in a flat plane called the "ecliptic". The Moon orbits around the Earth in a flat plane as well, but it is tilted about 5% from the plane of the Earth's orbit.
So most of the time when the Moon gets in between the Earth and the Sun, it isn't EXACTLY between; the Moon is just a little bit above or below the ecliptic. When the Moon is New just as the Moon's orbital plane is passing through the plane of the ecliptic, we have eclipses; generally two per year.
Normally there is a lunar eclipse 2 weeks before (or two weeks after) every solar eclipse.
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The orbit of the moon is tilted by about 5 degrees so this means there is not an eclipse at every New of Full moon.
The Earth goes round the Sun in an orbit, while the Moon travels round the Earth. If those orbits were in exactly the same plane we would have a solar eclipse at every new Moon and a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon. The Moon's orbit is at an angle to the Earth's, so at most full/new moons the Moon is above or below the plane of the Earth's orbit (known as the ecliptic). But if the Moon is crossing the ecliptic at full or new moon, we get an eclipse.
This named a 'Solar Eclipse'. The is also a 'Lunar Eclipse' , when the Earth blocks the sunlight from a full moon. The Moon orbits the Earth once every 29 days. The lunar orbit and the solar orbit are not co-planar. . They are angled at about 2 degrees. Consequently, we do neither see a Solar Eclipse at every New Moon, nor a Lunar Eclipse t every Full Moon.
It is because the moon's orbit is tilted with respect to the ecliptic by about five degrees, meaning that at most new or full moons, the moon passes above or below the Earth's shadow, preventing an eclipse.
Eclipse
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We see solar eclipses only during New Moon, but not every New Moon is accompanied by a solar eclipse.
well no not at all
No, it doesn't take place on every new moon day but yes, on some of them.
The orbit of the moon is tilted by about 5 degrees so this means there is not an eclipse at every New of Full moon.
If the orbit of the Moon was level with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, there would be a solar eclipse at every new moon, and a lunar eclipse at every full moon.
A solar eclipse can only happen at new moon - but they don't happen at every new moon.
The moon's orbit relative to the earth is tilted 5 degrees.
The moon's orbit is inclined about 51/2 degrees relative to the plane of the Earth's orbit. For one thing, this explains why we don't have a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon, and a solar eclipse at every New Moon.
In a lunar eclipse the Earth is in the middle and blocks the Sun's light from the Moon, so that happens always at Full Moon but not every time. A solar eclipse has the Moon in the middle so it happens at New Moon, but not every time, and the Moon is not big enough to shadow the whole Earth so a solar eclipse is seen only in a strip across the Earth's surface.
This is an eclipse of the moon.
solar eclipse happen at full moon or new moon