Solar eclipse does.nt occur on evry no moon day and lunareclipse does not occur on evry full moon day.?
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Given if the earth moon and sun were in a straight line,
they would happen twice a month , one lunar (earth between
moon and sun) at full moon, and one 2 weeks later at new
moon (solar eclipse). But they are not as the Sun and earth
have their own orbit tilt, and the moon and earth have their
own orbit tilt. So you are looking at three different planes
of orbit. Now there is a time when these orbits cross each
other and that point is called a node. So when the earth
moon and sun hit at a node, an eclipse happens.
The Earth shadow is expanse due to size and distance from
the sun. Consequently, the moon enters the earths shadow
(lunar eclipse) a lot more frequent than the moon shadow
hitting the earth (solar eclipse) but is usually partial
and not a total eclipse.
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for a solar eclipse to occur the moon has to be in between the earth and the sun casting its shadow on the sun and the three bodies have to be in a perfect straight line and for a lunar eclipse also they have to be in a perfect straight line with the earth in between. that is why solar eclipse does not occur on every no moon in night and the lunar eclipse doen not occur on evry full moon night because evry full moon or new moon night all the three heavenly bodies( earth, sun and moon) are not in a straight line in the required order.
Huh? Uh, I'm going to assume you meant:
"Why doesn't a solar eclipse happen on every no moon day and why doesn't a lunar eclipse happen on every full moon day?"
The reason for that is that while the earth moves around the sun and the moon moves around the earth, they aren't moving on the same plane. The moon's orbit is at an angle of about 5° to the earth's orbit, so solar and lunar eclipses can only happen when the moon is in the right spot, i.e. the places where the earth's orbit and the moon's orbit intersect.
cause like an eclipse of any kind needs to have something eclipsing something else. If any thing the New moon day isbeing eclipsed by the Earth.its a little backwards I know.such is life.
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