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The Moon's orbit has an angle relative to the Earth's orbit, therefore only around twice a year we have an eclipse. The term solar eclipse describes the occurrence of when the moon travels between the Sun and the Earth, blocking the Sun's light from the Earth in the middle of the day, and generally giving the appearance of a ring of light in the darkened sky. During a lunar eclipse, the moon moves into the shadow of the Earth during night time hours, gradually blocking the view of the moon form the Earth.

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Would a solar eclipse happens at full moon or new moon?

solar eclipse happen at full moon or new moon


Why do you suppose an eclipse does not occur every time eart is between the sun and the moon?

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.


Why do you not have an eclipse every time we have an new or full moon?

The moon's orbit relative to the earth is tilted 5 degrees.


Would a lunar eclipse happen on a full moon or a new moon?

A full moon


What is the phase of the moon during an eclipse?

During a lunar eclipse, the moon is "full". During a solar eclipse the moon is "new".


What is the phase of the moon during a lunar eclipse?

It has to be in new moon.


Why don't Eclipse occur during every full moon or new moon phase?

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.


Why don't eclipse occur during every full-moon or new moon phase?

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.


How many times in one lunar cycle could there possible be a solar eclipse if the earth and moon were in orbits that were perfectly leve?

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.


The reason eclipses do not occur at every new Moon and every full Moon is that the?

The Moon's orbital plane is tilted about 5 degrees to the ecliptic (the Earth's orbital plane), so the Sun, the Moon and Earth do not perfectly align every new moon or full moon. We can have an eclipse only if the alignment of the three bodies happens along the intersection of the two orbital planes.


What would happen to the frequency of eclipses if the Moon's orbit were not tilted?

If the plane of the moon's orbit coincided with the plane of the earth's orbit (the 'ecliptic plane'), there would be a solar eclipse at every New Moon, and a lunar eclipse at every Full Moon. Nobody would think anything of it. It would be commonplace, just "the way things work", and nobody would even bother to look up. Eclipses would be as boring as the sunrise and sunset are, even though all are equally miraculous.


Why don't eclipse occur during every full moon or new moon?

This is because the Moon needs to be blocking the source of light provided to us, this source is the Sun. The 'new moon' is the first phase where there is almost no visible moon. The 'full moon' is where you can see the whole moon. To cause a solar eclipse, the moon needs to be in the line of the Earth and the Sun, and to cause a Lunar eclipse, the Earth needs to be in the line of the Sun and the Moon. Sun-Moon-Earth = Solar Eclipse Sun-Earth-Moon = Lunar Eclipse