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II. Short Answer Questions · Q14

Q.Why is there no lunar eclipse and solar eclipse every month?

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Step 1. If the Moon's orbit lay exactly in the same plane as Earth's orbit around the Sun, every full Moon would produce a lunar eclipse and every new Moon a solar eclipse.

Step 2. In reality, the Moon's orbital plane is tilted by about 5∘5^\circ relative to Earth's orbital plane. …

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